Monday, September 20, 2010

Break the glass?

Yes, break the glass. A simple gesture, but one that brings up fears we can't really understand. What's wrong with breaking an inexpensive glass, when everyone has done so unintentionally at some time in their life?

Break the glass, he repeated. Why?

Well, I could give you lots of reasons, I answered. But actually, just to break it.

For you?

No, of course not.

He eyed the glass on the edge of the table - worried that it might fall.

...

Break the glass, I insisted. Because it's a symbolic gesture. Try to understand that I have broken things within myself that were much important than a glass, and I'm happy I did. Resolve your own internal battle, and break the glass.

It's a rite of passage.

~ By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho