What Do You Want To Do?
The Question That Opened a Door
When I worked as an inpatient residential therapist, I often asked the women, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” They would come to our facility, at their lowest of lows, broken with little hope. My job was to tell the truth, but to tell it with beauty and hope.
When I asked this question (with ladies between the ages of 18 and 70), they would just look at me with wide eyes. For a moment, there was a world that they could become anything they wanted to be. Some ladies wanted to be moms, others wanted to work in the field of addiction, some wanted to be therapists, nurses, work in retail, the answers varied from person to person.
Facts
Here is a fact that most people don’t like. Every person is one decision, one season, or one crisis away from life looking very different than they expected. Everyone. The ladies I worked with, they made that decision and their lives were turned upside down and inside out. Here is the beauty. There is ALWAYS hope. Tomorrow is fresh and new. Each person can take the brokenness of life and create something beautiful out of it.
Broken Pieces Can Still Become Beauty
What are the pieces of your life that are broken? Is there something, out of that brokenness, that you can create and make something beautiful out of it? If you see a pitcher…like to hold water. The job of that pitcher is to hold liquid for drinks, possible put flowers in it but it has a purpose, right?
What happens when there is a crack in that pitcher or if the handle broke off of it or even if someone dropped it and it shattered all over the floor. Typically, one would sweep up the shards of glass and throw it away. What if, just what if, you took the shards and brokenness and did something besides throw it away.
There Is Still Hope
What if you took a canvas, slathered it with glue and created a beautiful mosaic with those broken pieces and you hung up that creation in your house. That pitcher will no longer hold water but the beauty of the sun shining on the different colors of glass will be stunning. You took what was broken and created beauty out of it.
Helpful Resource:
I keep a list of books and resources I have personally found meaningful for faith, healing, recovery, self-worth, boundaries, and hard seasons here: Helpful Resources I Love.
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Reflection Disclaimer:
This post is educational and inspirational only. It does not provide therapy, clinical advice, crisis care, medical advice, or spiritual direction. Reading this blog does not create a therapist-client relationship with Barefoot Faith Journey or Circle of Hope Counseling Services.
