The Japanese have an art-form known as ‘kitsugi’. This is the belief that things each have their own value, and that even when a thing is broken, it’s value persists; and indeed, once repaired in some way, that inherent value deepens and the repair itself becomes a thing of beauty. There are many examples of kitsugi; it is seen most often in ceramics, where bowls and other items are repaired with gold – those little rivers of gold become part of the ceramic and certainly add to it’s beauty. Not surprisingly, kitsugi translates literally as ‘the golden repair’. Earlier this morning, I read a post online which declared – “blessed…