I've never been a big Bon Jovi fan, but I saw the music video for this song posted on a friend's facebook wall this morning and I fell in love with the conclusion: everybody's broken. Here are the lyrics...
"Everybody's Broken"
Welcome to the party
Come on in and disappear
You're feeling like a stranger
But all your friends are here
Little lines and cracks
Around your eyes and mouth
Something's trying to get in
Something's trying to get out
It's ok, to be a little broken
Everybody's broken, in this life
It's ok, to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
It's just life
Step into the deep end
Make yourself at home
When you wonder why your breathing
Know your not alone
It's so hard to believe
It's easier to doubt
You're trying to hold in
But your dying to scream out
It's ok to be a little broken
Everybody's broken
In this life
It's ok to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
It's alright, it's just life
Take a look around
Tell me what you see
Is who you think you are
Who you want to be
It's ok, to be a little broken
Everybody's broken, in this life
It's ok, to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
Just keep on going
Eyes wide open
Everybody's broken
As a counselor, my job has been to sit with people in their brokenness. And in turn, friends have sat with me in my brokenness. The lyrics say, "Take a look around, Tell me what you see, Is who you think you are, Who you want to be." As an idealist, I find myself constantly disappointed by the world. I believe that our world was created to be this perfect beautiful place, full of shalom (peace). And then that shalom was broken, and the world we live in is not the way it was supposed to be. We are all broken. And so we navigate this life in our brokenness, but too often we try to caulk the cracks and tightly shut our eyes, blinding ourselves to the questions and the pain and the injustice that surrounds us. But what if we decided that it's ok to feel a little broken. What if we chose to live out of that brokenness; to open our eyes and acknowledge that in our brokenness and in our pain is the recipe for the kind of compassion that can change the world.
1 comment:
Thanks Amy for sharing this. You are right, we are all broken. But in our brokenness God finds us, begins to restore us and most of life, following Him, is realizing just how broken we are and how much deeper His love is. I love you, Dad
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