Why Japan loves broken stuff

[0:00]In Japan, a man broke his favorite bowl. Crack. He was ashamed. He didn't want anyone to know, so he took it to a repair man and said, Please fix it so nobody can see it was ever broken. The repair man smiled. Sure, come back tomorrow. But he didn't do what the man asked. Instead of using clear glue to hide the cracks, he used golden glue. Bright, shiny, golden glue. He didn't hide the cracks. He highlighted them. The next day, the man came back and saw the bowl. What have you done? I asked you to hide the broken pieces. The repair man simply said, one day, you will understand. The man took the bowl home, still embarrassed. But then something crazy happened. Everyone who saw it said, wow, this is the most beautiful bowl we've ever seen. This is called Kinsugi, the Japanese art of fixing broken things with gold. In Japan, they don't hide scars. They make them shine. So be like the Japanese bowl. Don't hide your scars. Show them because that's what makes you beautiful.