When was the last time you saw yourself in a broken mirror? 


We have a broken mirror.

Instinctively, I would just drop in on the landfill but my husband thought that there's use for it.

I later realized that, even broken mirrors can be useful yet.

We are all broken people.

We live in a broken world.

Only God can redeem us from our brokenness.

But beyond the broken pieces, lies a new purpose, a new usefulness that unexplored before.

If we look closely, we will know that all the broken people and things shouldn't be given up easily.

We give up easily.

And as a society, that's our bane.

I'm not a handyperson but I can tell that this mirror will hold more stories elegantly than the other mirrors in our house once repurposed.

I'm up  to the challenge of recreating it for something else.

I bet the 'artist' in my family will find it interesting.

Aren't we all interesting with our ugliness, mistakes, failures, and repeated falls? 

Look at the mirror and you will know what I mean.  

I was at the supermarket two weeks ago and a young man was the till.

As I went through the conveyor belt with my grocery,  I told the cashier that I have some recyclable bags to account for. 

The young man was adamant that what I was thinking for points don't work in their store.

Without hesitation, I told him to contact his supervisor immediately because he doesn't know what I was talking about.

"It's here in the guide book, the formula and how to key in the codes. Just study," the supervisor told him.

If you don't know don't be arrogant about your ignorance.

It doesn't help you learn. 

It's more a weakness if you feign awareness when you don't have any.

Man up by being humble and admitting you don't know.

That's the first step to knowing and becoming better at your job.

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"I want your money but I don't want to help you."

A few months ago, we were caught up with my daughter's dental issue. She needed to have an extraction treatment but her dentist didn't want to deliver the service. Apparently, we went there once and it was a nightmare. She had a trauma and she flared up and the dentist had to call it quits. We talked to her about it and we will be there to ensure that she won't feel any pain and that everything will turn out better than she imagined. We as parents also personally guaranteed to the dentist that the episode won't happen again.

The dentist wouldn't budge, and referred us to two dentists who had to give us a diagnostic and treatment plan that was way over the top. In short, the kid doesn't need all the bells and whistles! Just plain good extraction. 

Fast forward, we receive the latest text from the dentist that she is due for a dental treatment this month.

Oh well, we won't be coming back to your dental office again.