What
good is a bucket with a hole in it? What good, is a pot, where the
handle is broken off? What good, is a Frisbee that is split down the
middle? How are they broken, but still with worth?
Our
German Shepherd, Bella, has learned how to catch a Frisbee in flight.
It only took her a couple of tries before she had it figured out and was
chasing and catching the thing in mid-flight. I'm sure our neighbors
were either loving the show yesterday or thinking I had totally lost any
sense I had as I cheered Bella on with each successful catch. We were
back out there for a while this afternoon. I don't play with her long as
I fear the heat being too much for her and all of that running. Today
as we were playing it happened. She brought the Frisbee back to me and
it was split almost down the middle. Telling her it was broken was
useless as she still sat there expecting me to throw it again. So I did.
Surprisingly it still flew. It had a new wobble to its flight, but it
still flew. We played a while longer, with me expecting that plastic
disk to split completely at any moment. It held together though for the
rest of our game. The new wobble giving it that extra challenge to this
over achieving dog.
How
many times do we look at something and think it is useless because
something is broken? A pot with a broken handle, can become a food or
water dish for a pet. It can become a planter. It can be used for
storage for kitchen gadgets, bathroom or office supplies. Therefore it
is useful not useless.
A
bucket with a hole in it, can be used for measured watering of plants.
It can be used as a planter, where the hole allows excess water to drain
out. Items can be placed in the bucket, with water poured over them to
rinse with the hole allowing the water an escape route. Therefore it is
useful, not useless.
Its
the same with people. People can be broken in many ways. Growing up in
dysfunctional families can cause them to be less than trusting.
Surviving an abusive relationship, being one who is either a member of
the military or a first responder who has seen or been involved in
incidents that cause post traumatic stress, can be seen as broken. The
truth is, their very wounded state, can be a benefit and a tool for
others. They know and understand what one who has not gone through what
they have cannot. They are wounded, they are hurt, they are constantly
walking a fine line, but their very walk, can be what someone else needs
to see. They need to know that they too, can still stand, walk and even
run in the face of what they have endured.
Some
are born with handicaps that have the uninformed looking at them as if
they are broken and of no real worth. There has been incident after
incident after incident showing just how much a person with learning or
other disabilities are able to do and even excel in. Again, their walk
one of proof of their worth.
Many
people have lost limbs for different reasons, some due to being in the
military, some to disease or accident. Once they healed, once they found
their way and their determination, if you call them broken, they will
laugh at you. Watch the videos of those without legs running in
marathons. Watch as children use new prosthetic hands to pick up items,
to color, to do for themselves where they couldn't before. Watch, as
they live their life, just as well and sometimes better than one not
considered broken.
A
pencil with a broken lead cannot write, but sharpen that pencil and it
is again useful in its purpose. Watch a person who is wounded, who has
through education, through medical intervention, through faith, who is
"sharpened" and watch as they are again useful in life. Watch as they
move forward and lead the way into a better way. Watch as they are the
difference for those like them.
Broken, but not without great worth.
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