Broken

Being broken. Not an easy thing, as maybe you don't always build things, but you still face consequences. It teaches you lessons.

A broken leg... first responsibility is taking care of yourself

A broken heart... people who love you are more important than whom you love

A broken wallet... what you want and need are different

A broken career... finding job can be easy, but not purpose in it

 

Never realized had all (maybe more) of them, until they were broken. Now, building all of it. But, patches would remain and can be seen.

 

P.S. I started by writing 'taught,' but realized, it's still 'teaching' me.

Location: Hyderabad, India

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