Kintsugi for Humans

Illustration by Alexander Jusay Jr.

“Start again.”

This is a phrase nobody wants to hear. Not in school. Not in work. Not in finding love. Not in trying to start a family. Not in saving money. Not in trying to achieve a goal. Not in most aspects of life.

When it comes to loss, there is life before, and there is life after.

Starting again is not a daily thing, a weekly thing, or a yearly thing. You can’t add it to…