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Leo states that "it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was." Do you agree?

Created: 01/26/23

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Posted Jan. 26, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
davinamw

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Leo states that "it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was." Do you agree?

Leo states that "it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was." Do you agree?


Posted Jan. 27, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
kimk

Join Date: 10/16/10

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RE: Leo states that "it's only...

No, I don't agree. I think it's entirely possible to appreciate something's beauty in the moment. I also feel that once something beautiful is gone, damaged or otherwise inaccessible, what we remember is the ideal, not the actual reality of something.


Posted Jan. 28, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
vivianh

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RE: Leo states that "it's only...

No. It depends on one’s perspective.but I try to see and appreciate the Beauty in the everyday…sights, sounds, smells, taste…there is beauty all around us. But I also appreciate the slightly damaged, which creates a uniqueness.


Posted Jan. 29, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
susiej

Join Date: 10/15/14

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RE: Leo states that "it's only...

No, I don't agree with Leo. Our lives, our world - these are gifts we have been given. All aspects are beautiful - it does not take damage to make any part of it appear better or more beautiful.


Posted Jan. 30, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
kenanr

Join Date: 02/20/14

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RE: Leo states that "it's only...

I agree that something need not be damaged to fully appreciate its beauty. I like to think that maybe Leo is saying that our scars - our life experiences - leave indelible marks that make us unique and maybe stronger and maybe more beautiful. It's sort of like Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, silver, or platinum. Acknowledging the break and making it precious. And so maybe he is saying we need to celebrate all the bumps and bruises that contribute to who we are. To appreciate the journey that got us here and not to mourn the things we thought we lost.


Posted Jan. 30, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
kenanr

Join Date: 02/20/14

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P.S. The above sounds far more optimistic than I regularly feel! HA!


Posted Feb. 16, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
marks

Join Date: 02/25/19

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RE: Leo states that "it's only...

Many a song has been written about not knowing what you have until it's gone, but (as others have said in this thread) it doesn't have to be that way. Taking time to smell the roses (so to speak) is a way to appreciate that beauty instead of hyperfocusing of all of the flaws.


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