Wabi Sabi... Why Not?
Sabrina Norris, SHRM-SCP
Champion of Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement | Strategic HR Director | Juris Masters at FSU College of Law 2025
Synchronicity surrounds us. We just need to tune in to and appreciate the beauty of how it unfolds as we journey through our lives. A few days ago Hallie Avolio posted that she was not broken. She talked about self-love, manifestation and all the wonderful things that fill my heart right now. Her post resonated with me at the core so I posted the picture below in the comments.
The next morning, Seph Fontane Pennock sent his weekly Positive Psychology Round-up newsletter with a list of resources to help find quietude in our daily lives. I smiled when I saw the link to The Wabi Sabi Lifestyle: How to accept Imperfection in Life explained the history of how this Japanese tradition of Kintsugi evolved.
How had I fallen in love with this concept but never taken the time to really understand the meaning of Kintsugi?
It's because I wasn't ready to appreciate the beauty of it until now. Until recently, I worked so hard to obtain perfection. I needed to be the perfect friend, the perfect wife, the perfect mom, the perfect daughter, the perfect aunt, etc. My whole life I failed to meet that expectation in all areas of my life. Some might call be broken. But as Hallie said in her post, I am not a project that needs to be fixed. I accept that now.
It gets better, not so long ago one of my connections had mentioned I needed to dig into Wabi Sabi and all I could think is "wow, I really hate wasabi," almost completely dismissing the suggestion. But the name, Wabi Sabi, lingered somewhere in the background despite my passive aggressive attempt at humor.
It's this in mind I share with you the list of resources that Seph shared with his subscribers. Whether or not you are interested in Wabi Sabi or Kintsugi, I am certain you will find something that peaks your interests in his newsletters, especially if you are invested in improving the psychological safety of your work environment.
Seph didn't approach me to share this with you. I am doing this because I understand the value in the content they share. If you see the value too, simply go to positivepsychology.com to sign up for the newsletter.
Here's Seph's list of curated resources to simplify your life:
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If everything in nature is always changing, then nothing can ever be absolutely complete. And since perfection is a state of completeness, then nothing can ever be perfect. Hence, the wabi-sabi philosophy teaches us that all things, including us and life itself, are impermanent, incomplete, and imperfect.
Today, I commit to stop resisting my struggles. The first teaching of Wabi Sabi is to practice gratitude and acceptance. I surrender to the gravity of the situation at hand. I will be the captain of my ship for the rest of my journey. Can you make peace with your transitory imperfect nature?
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2 年Yep. Synchronicity is not random. These things that happen to us, are meant for us. They are the right things at the right time. Accept them fully!
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2 年Thanks a ton Sabrina Permuth, Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of.
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2 年I wake up every morning at 430 go to the gym, meditate and set my daily intentions. It's in my time of meditation that I remind myself to LOVE myself EXACTLY as I was created PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. In his book The H-Factor, Matthew Sowcik tells of how Hindu artists would intentionally leave a "defect" in their work to help them remain humble while still finding beauty in all things. I think this lesson can be applied to how we view ourselves as well.
Champion of Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement | Strategic HR Director | Juris Masters at FSU College of Law 2025
2 年Matt Hall read it!!