Better Than New
After my last post, my friend, Elizabeth, wrote this to me:
‘Ellie if you are feeling broken, please remember the Japanese process of Kintsugi. Pottery that is broken is repaired with gold. It highlights that the mended repair is beautiful. It emphasizes beauty in the imperfect. Perfection is overrated. Your brain is wonderful just the way it is…’
Better Than New
❤
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: The Third Year, Tips
Tags: ABI, acquired brain injury, anomia, aphasia, ataxia, awake brain surgery, bradycardia, bradycardic, brain injury, brain stem tremor, brain surgery, Brainstem, brainstem stroke, brainstem tremor, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular event, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar ataxia brain stem, cerebellar stroke, Cerebellum, cerebral palsy, DBS, deep brain stimulation, depression, disability, FA, Friedreich's Ataxia, handicap, hemiparesis, hemiplegia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Intention tremor, ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke, kinetic tremor, left hemisphere ischemia, LGBTQ, miscarriage, MRI, operation, pneumonia, pregnancy, rape, Recovery, seizure, seizures, sexual abuse, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, stroke, stroke recovery, surgery, TBI, The Stroke Story, trauma, Tremor, tremor disorder, visual field cut, young adult stroke, Young stroke, young stroke survivor, YSS
