“Broken crayons still colour.” — Toni Collier

We spend so much of our lives trying to hide the cracks.

The imperfections. The moments we wish we could erase. The parts of ourselves that don’t look “complete.”

But what if those are the very things that make us… human?

Dare I say—it’s not despite the brokenness that we create meaningful lives, but because of it.

I haven’t met a single person who isn’t carrying something. A disappointment. A regret. A quiet battle no one else sees.

And yet, they show up. They try. They build. They love.

That’s not weakness. That’s courage in its rawest form.

As Leonard Cohen once said, “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

So maybe the goal isn’t perfection.

Maybe the goal is to colour anyway. To create anyway. To live anyway.

Because sometimes… the most beautiful art comes from the most unexpected pieces.