Bitter Sweet Epiphany
I Only See One Corner Piece
Sophia: We often look at life like a puzzle, noticing only fragments and fearing the gaps.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: And yet those gaps—the things we leave unsaid, the actions we neglect—can weigh heaviest on the soul. Regret clings to unfinished words and deeds, more than to what is spoken or done.
Toni Morrison: That is why connection is vital. When someone truly sees us, gathers the scattered pieces of our being, and returns them in order, life begins to make sense—even the corners we thought were lost.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Sophia: So the act of presence, of attentive friendship and care, completes what solitary effort cannot. It transforms brokenness into a pattern we can recognize.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: And by addressing the unfinished, by speaking the words that tremble in our hearts, we prevent grief from settling in. Each small act of attention is a stitch closing a gap in the tapestry of life.
She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.
— Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Toni Morrison: Yes. Even when we only see a corner piece, someone who understands us can reveal how it fits into the whole. And in that recognition, healing begins.
Sophia: Then let us honor both the unfinished and the attentive presence of others. Life may give us only fragments at first, but with care and connection, the full image slowly emerges.
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