![efd8cas83s.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/efd8cas83s.jpg) #### If we are lucky, we are born with healthy bodies, Perhaps into a wealthy family and then, Life happens. We become broken. Our hearts are shattered. Maybe due to illness, or the death of a Loved one. Maybe you were cheated by your business Partner, or your _Life partner_. Maybe your child or parent was murdered. Perhaps a storm destroyed your home or Your business. https://media.giphy.com/media/pB71icZIUy6UE/giphy.gif Lives become shattered, the question is…. Do you fill the cracks with the blackness of Remembered pain and despair? Do you “Rage against the Fates”, _Resentment_ Filling you with spite? Are all the gaps left when someone leaves Now only filled with hopeless longing for “The way things used to be”? OR…. ![rucvbfu2c8.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/rucvbfu2c8.jpg) Like the ‘Japanese Bowl’, do you fill those Spaces with the Warm, Golden light of Remembered Love? The Cool, Silvery Moonlight of learned Experience, all held together with the “Super Glue” of Wisdom? This , I believe, is how we should live a _"Mended Life"_. A peaceful life. We must carry on, we must continue, AND We must be happy as we do so. Carry on, Be _HAPPY_, continue to love your Life, yourself and those around you. ## _“Mended Life”_ ^by _Jerry E Smith_ ©10/16/16 [eye-447428-Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/illustrations/eye-eyelashes-face-fantasy-447428/) [Kintsukuroi-Japanese Bowl](https://68.media.tumblr.com/48817adb24e5ec8e47ff59d128e4f245/tumblr_od8jxtDMFr1sz7axzo2_1280.jpg) https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://img.esteem.ws/j07ctelpgu.png https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1519476235/mq0vd4zkb8apti6wd2om.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/391055761633181717/413062306914762752/image.gif ^{_**These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited; many thanks**_} https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/391055761633181717/412704792339546112/image.gif ![xfu0p1vua4.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/xfu0p1vua4.jpg) ^{_This .gif was created by @elgeko_} https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQbjHy3EL4Qyo5YLcMMhVdzAGCQ1cRMhY7oK8hUE8upUY/plcoin-onwhite.gif https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmcSxyff3pZtT3Vfxj1fSAziUsWjC9SE1aSHENCzSCzdPP/steem-spin-gif.gif