Remembrance in My Pocket

The reminder of the Worry Stone

photo by author

this stone
portable and present
fractured and glued
reminding me daily

Broken Is Not Unfixable

and

Fixed Is Not Healed

I have a “worry stone” that I bought many years ago that I always carry with me. It’s smooth, with a concave side that is just the right size for a thumb. When I’m feeling anxious, I hold it in my hand and rub it. It helps.

Awhile back I dropped it on a hard surface and it broke neatly in two. I repaired it with super glue, but not neatly, and I can still feel the fracture line whenever I rub my thumb across it.

It reminds me things going badly can still be repaired; but that doesn’t mean the bad things are erased.