A key aspect of living Wabu Sabi is individuality and uniqueness. The most important thing is develop one's inner character and contribute to goodness to the world.
Looking through the eyes of Wabi Sabi,
we see the beauty and value of
life's imperfect parts
and the hidden treasures they reveal
Living Wabi Sabi can help us become more joyful. Everyone wants to be joyful, yet everyone faces some worry or another. We all encounter loss, challenge, hardship, even disaster in the course of our lives. Whether our difficulties are internal or external, minor or major, changeable or unchangeable, problems arre inherent part of life. We can use these problems, these "imperfections," to enrich our lives, to help us determine priorities and goals, and to become the person we want to be, For most people, this is a difficult attitude adjustment.
Wabi Sabi celebrates the beauty and allure of imperfection;
the cozy familiarity of a worn-out pair of jeans,
the rustic elegance of an old Italian villa,
the faded splendor of well-used china
handed down from your grandmothers' attic
One does not discard gold
because the bag holding it is dirty
One does not refuse to gather lotuses
because the water in which they grow is unclean
we all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different, and yet the same.
- Anne Frank
The person who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.
-George Bernard Shaw
There is always a piece of fortune in misfortune
