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My Broken Pieces A few weeks back, a longtime friend asked if I would meet her for lunch to discuss a new job offer. We sat in the restaurant for forty-five minutes discussing her new job opportunity when her face grew solemn. She sighed, staring down into her plate. I asked, “is everything all right,” knowing she did not ask me to meet to discuss a job offer. She said, “everything is fine, but I cannot get your story or quote about the broken pieces out of my mind.” She took a deep breath raised her head and, in half whisper, said, “it really described the broken pieces in my marriage? I answered, “when promises, borders and commitment are broken, and especially betrayal, the relationship may be repaired but never return to what it once was or could have been.” Before she left, she thanked me for giving her a copy. I refer to the story, as “The Broken Vase.” The Broken Vase Love and marriage are often broken by betrayal, lies and unkept promises. Betrayal is the ultimate form of deceit and deception. It reminded me of something I wrote many years ago about a vase that was knocked off the shelf and broken into many pieces. For a moment you’re not sure what to do but then you decide to try and repair it. Imagine trying to pick up the pieces of your life, left behind in the wake of betrayal. You must be methodical and cautious because your path is covered with egg shells. You realize it may not be the same as it once was, but would vase be good enough to keep. After all, you’ve had it for thirty years. When you believe all the pieces have been collected and placed on the table, you do one last search for the smallest pieces you may have missed. You find two small pieces, place them on the table and stare down at the broken pieces of something you cherished and was beautiful. Something so precious you often proudly displayed it to friends Over a period of three weeks, you managed to glue the vase back together. You slowly turn it around on the table and realize it is an archaic reproduction of its original form. There are holes in it created by pieces you did not find and never will. Like the pieces missing from your relationship. Held together by history and commitment but still broken. And severely damaged. The vase will never hold flowers again because it cannot hold water. And like your relationship, it has become fragile as you watch a piece fall off the vase when you lifted off the table. And when you think about the broken pieces collected from your relationship, you know that will also never be the same. As you held up the beautiful vase to show people it’s beauty, that now is simply a collection of glued pieces that resembles your relationship. You can no longer showcase your marriage. Only because of its history you place the vase back on the self, but it seems out of place and detracts from the ambience around it. After a few weeks you take the vase to your home office and place it on a shelf. A few weeks later, you sadly change the location to the closet. And like your relationship it has been moved to a different place. A dark place. When people say to you, you and your wife seem to get along very well. You think about showing them the vase. All that remains of the relationship is held together by glue. After several years you are still seeking out the missing pieces from your heart knowing deep inside you will never find. There’s only one way to get them back and that is to leave. But leaving will also mean breaking more pieces. Those are your two choices. If you leave, you will get back some of the pieces you lost but you would lose others by virtue of leaving. – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 5 years ago
We did a great job of overthrowing Gaddafi, but they had nothing to secure the country afterward, and there was, I might add, a similar lack of planning for our pullout in the case of Iraq, where there was very little sense of what would happen after U.S. troops left in 2010. We cant think about these as being kind of quick in and out engagements. We send some troops, kill some people and then come back home to a victory parade. Sadly, it doesnt work that way. – Max Boot	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
But also in these 3 1/2 decades I have never seen such toxicity, such poison in the language of politics, in media, in social media, even in everyday discussions and conversations around this issue toxicity that focuses sadly, tragically, often, on refugees, on migrants, on foreigners, that should be of concern to us all. – Latin American	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Welcome to' American Idol.' Now, I am not Ryan Seacrest ; I am Ryan Seacrest, sadly, Ryan is sick, and I look most like him so they asked me to fill his shoes tonight. Ryan, love you, buddy. Hope you get better. – Ryan Seacrest	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are a tolerant, multicultural society, the most successful immigration country on the planet, these white supremacist, white separatist views, are not new. I mean, these sentiments have sadly existed in Australia for hundreds of years. – Scott Morrison	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Very sadly, this is a great example of how complicated it is. Jeremys legacy now, too, is creating the space for that conversation. – Stephanie Cinque	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
When the flames of hatred are fanned, when people are demonized because of their faith, when people's fears are played on rather than addressed, the consequences are deadly, as we have seen so sadly today. – Sadiq Khan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Handing out deadly drugs through United States is a disaster waiting to happen, risking women's lives to make a political point and a quick profit makes no sense, and we sadly anticipate horror stories when inevitably something goes wrong. – Kristan Hawkins	Found on CNN 5 years ago
But famously, The Dynamizer never allowed anybody to look inside the box and made a fortune until, sadly, somebody died as a result of a misdiagnosis based on The Dynamizer device. And The Dynamizer was shut down. So that was interesting, did Elizabeth go trolling for prior inventors ? I don't know. – Alex Gibney	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Sadly, Attorney General Bill Barr made it clear during his confirmation hearing that he plans to abide only by Department of Justice policies, he should not be the person who decides what Congress and the public get to see. – David Cicilline	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Sadly, their character assassination tactics have so stained our state, that now citizens should expect that this is how elections will be won, victory is theirs. I believe that we've elected a wolf in sheep's clothing. But the question remains : at what cost to the people of Utah ? There is a cost, and we will pay it. – Mia Love	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Sadly, the likelihood of being able to successfully re-float the remaining whales was extremely low, the remote location, lack of nearby personnel and the whales' deteriorating condition meant the most humane thing to do was to euthanize. – Ren Leppens	Found on CNN 5 years ago
What I liked most about his race was that it didn't feel constantly poll-tested, it felt as if he based his statements and his positions on what he believed. And that, you'd like to think, is normally how things work. Sadly it's not. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Hillary Clinton loss's an urgency I can't resist, if Hillary Clinton had won... our Affordable Care Act would be protected and I could go home, you know, no one in California ever gets Potomac fever. We all always want to go home. But that didn't happen, sadly for our country. So, this is something that I feel all of my experience is geared to. – Leader Pelosi at 11:45	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We were surprised by the amount of money. It was considerable, sadly, I think part of the reason we see so much money here is that people do want to help, but we're operating in a kind of culture where people aren't listening to what the experts are telling them. – Arthur Caplan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Sadly, I think part of the reason we see so much money here is that people do want to help, but we're operating in a kind of culture where people aren't listening to what the experts are telling them, it's one of those sad effects, I think, of anti-science. – Arthur Caplan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is alarming that obesity could soon become the biggest preventable cause of cancer in women, but sadly not surprising, environmental factors such as advertising and promotion of unhealthy food and drink are contributing to this public health crisis. – Caroline Cerny of the Obesity	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There are four hundred and fifty films written by Black screenwriters/filmmakers every year. Sadly, of these, only three will ever see the light of day. – Joseph Strickland	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation, if William McRaven think for a moment that William McRaven McCarthy-era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, William McRaven are sadly mistaken. The criticism will continue until William McRaven become the leader we prayed William McRaven would be. – William McRaven	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It appears that this may be a 20-year-old grudge that this man held, there was a lot of planning that went into this. There was a lot of planning and sadly some skill. – Police Chief Art Acevedo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Americans are grateful for the sacrifices made by those who serve in the US armed forces, sadly, some con artists prey on that gratitude, using lies and deception to line their own pockets. In the process, they harm not only well-meaning donors, but also the many legitimate charities that actually do great work on behalf of veterans and service members. – The FTC	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We understand the current political environment, sadly, we are caught in the middle and continue to have baseless and meritless claims filed against us. – Emily Wolf	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It will never be off my back, sadly. That's something that will live with me forever. – Gareth Southgate	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Sadly still happens to young black men too often. Evidence-based stop and search can be a tool against crime. But random stops like this take too many resources for what they achieve, and in the end only poison police-community relations. officers established that Sunday London Metropolitan Police did in fact have insurance for the vehicle. – The BBC	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

My Broken Pieces A few weeks back, a longtime friend asked if I would meet her for lunch to discuss a new job offer. We sat in the restaurant for forty-five minutes discussing her new job opportunity when her face grew solemn. She sighed, staring down into her plate. I asked, “is everything all right,” knowing she did not ask me to meet to discuss a job offer. She said, “everything is fine, but I cannot get your story or quote about the broken pieces out of my mind.” She took a deep breath raised her head and, in half whisper, said, “it really described the broken pieces in my marriage? I answered, “when promises, borders and commitment are broken, and especially betrayal, the relationship may be repaired but never return to what it once was or could have been.” Before she left, she thanked me for giving her a copy. I refer to the story, as “The Broken Vase.” The Broken Vase Love and marriage are often broken by betrayal, lies and unkept promises. Betrayal is the ultimate form of deceit and deception. It reminded me of something I wrote many years ago about a vase that was knocked off the shelf and broken into many pieces. For a moment you’re not sure what to do but then you decide to try and repair it. Imagine trying to pick up the pieces of your life, left behind in the wake of betrayal. You must be methodical and cautious because your path is covered with egg shells. You realize it may not be the same as it once was, but would vase be good enough to keep. After all, you’ve had it for thirty years. When you believe all the pieces have been collected and placed on the table, you do one last search for the smallest pieces you may have missed. You find two small pieces, place them on the table and stare down at the broken pieces of something you cherished and was beautiful. Something so precious you often proudly displayed it to friends Over a period of three weeks, you managed to glue the vase back together. You slowly turn it around on the table and realize it is an archaic reproduction of its original form. There are holes in it created by pieces you did not find and never will. Like the pieces missing from your relationship. Held together by history and commitment but still broken. And severely damaged. The vase will never hold flowers again because it cannot hold water. And like your relationship, it has become fragile as you watch a piece fall off the vase when you lifted off the table. And when you think about the broken pieces collected from your relationship, you know that will also never be the same. As you held up the beautiful vase to show people it’s beauty, that now is simply a collection of glued pieces that resembles your relationship. You can no longer showcase your marriage. Only because of its history you place the vase back on the self, but it seems out of place and detracts from the ambience around it. After a few weeks you take the vase to your home office and place it on a shelf. A few weeks later, you sadly change the location to the closet. And like your relationship it has been moved to a different place. A dark place. When people say to you, you and your wife seem to get along very well. You think about showing them the vase. All that remains of the relationship is held together by glue. After several years you are still seeking out the missing pieces from your heart knowing deep inside you will never find. There’s only one way to get them back and that is to leave. But leaving will also mean breaking more pieces. Those are your two choices. If you leave, you will get back some of the pieces you lost but you would lose others by virtue of leaving.

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
5 years ago

We did a great job of overthrowing Gaddafi, but they had nothing to secure the country afterward, and there was, I might add, a similar lack of planning for our pullout in the case of Iraq, where there was very little sense of what would happen after U.S. troops left in 2010. We cant think about these as being kind of quick in and out engagements. We send some troops, kill some people and then come back home to a victory parade. Sadly, it doesnt work that way.

– Max Boot

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

But also in these 3 1/2 decades I have never seen such toxicity, such poison in the language of politics, in media, in social media, even in everyday discussions and conversations around this issue toxicity that focuses sadly, tragically, often, on refugees, on migrants, on foreigners, that should be of concern to us all.

– Latin American

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Welcome to' American Idol.' Now, I am not Ryan Seacrest ; I am Ryan Seacrest, sadly, Ryan is sick, and I look most like him so they asked me to fill his shoes tonight. Ryan, love you, buddy. Hope you get better.

– Ryan Seacrest

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We are a tolerant, multicultural society, the most successful immigration country on the planet, these white supremacist, white separatist views, are not new. I mean, these sentiments have sadly existed in Australia for hundreds of years.

– Scott Morrison

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Very sadly, this is a great example of how complicated it is. Jeremys legacy now, too, is creating the space for that conversation.

– Stephanie Cinque

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

When the flames of hatred are fanned, when people are demonized because of their faith, when people's fears are played on rather than addressed, the consequences are deadly, as we have seen so sadly today.

– Sadiq Khan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Handing out deadly drugs through United States is a disaster waiting to happen, risking women's lives to make a political point and a quick profit makes no sense, and we sadly anticipate horror stories when inevitably something goes wrong.

– Kristan Hawkins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

But famously, The Dynamizer never allowed anybody to look inside the box and made a fortune until, sadly, somebody died as a result of a misdiagnosis based on The Dynamizer device. And The Dynamizer was shut down. So that was interesting, did Elizabeth go trolling for prior inventors ? I don't know.

– Alex Gibney

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Sadly, Attorney General Bill Barr made it clear during his confirmation hearing that he plans to abide only by Department of Justice policies, he should not be the person who decides what Congress and the public get to see.

– David Cicilline

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Sadly, their character assassination tactics have so stained our state, that now citizens should expect that this is how elections will be won, victory is theirs. I believe that we've elected a wolf in sheep's clothing. But the question remains : at what cost to the people of Utah ? There is a cost, and we will pay it.

– Mia Love

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Sadly, the likelihood of being able to successfully re-float the remaining whales was extremely low, the remote location, lack of nearby personnel and the whales' deteriorating condition meant the most humane thing to do was to euthanize.

– Ren Leppens

Found on CNN
5 years ago

What I liked most about his race was that it didn't feel constantly poll-tested, it felt as if he based his statements and his positions on what he believed. And that, you'd like to think, is normally how things work. Sadly it's not.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Hillary Clinton loss's an urgency I can't resist, if Hillary Clinton had won... our Affordable Care Act would be protected and I could go home, you know, no one in California ever gets Potomac fever. We all always want to go home. But that didn't happen, sadly for our country. So, this is something that I feel all of my experience is geared to.

– Leader Pelosi at 11:45

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We were surprised by the amount of money. It was considerable, sadly, I think part of the reason we see so much money here is that people do want to help, but we're operating in a kind of culture where people aren't listening to what the experts are telling them.

– Arthur Caplan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Sadly, I think part of the reason we see so much money here is that people do want to help, but we're operating in a kind of culture where people aren't listening to what the experts are telling them, it's one of those sad effects, I think, of anti-science.

– Arthur Caplan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is alarming that obesity could soon become the biggest preventable cause of cancer in women, but sadly not surprising, environmental factors such as advertising and promotion of unhealthy food and drink are contributing to this public health crisis.

– Caroline Cerny of the Obesity

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are four hundred and fifty films written by Black screenwriters/filmmakers every year. Sadly, of these, only three will ever see the light of day.

– Joseph Strickland

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation, if William McRaven think for a moment that William McRaven McCarthy-era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, William McRaven are sadly mistaken. The criticism will continue until William McRaven become the leader we prayed William McRaven would be.

– William McRaven

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It appears that this may be a 20-year-old grudge that this man held, there was a lot of planning that went into this. There was a lot of planning and sadly some skill.

– Police Chief Art Acevedo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Americans are grateful for the sacrifices made by those who serve in the US armed forces, sadly, some con artists prey on that gratitude, using lies and deception to line their own pockets. In the process, they harm not only well-meaning donors, but also the many legitimate charities that actually do great work on behalf of veterans and service members.

– The FTC

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We understand the current political environment, sadly, we are caught in the middle and continue to have baseless and meritless claims filed against us.

– Emily Wolf

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It will never be off my back, sadly. That's something that will live with me forever.

– Gareth Southgate

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Sadly still happens to young black men too often. Evidence-based stop and search can be a tool against crime. But random stops like this take too many resources for what they achieve, and in the end only poison police-community relations. officers established that Sunday London Metropolitan Police did in fact have insurance for the vehicle.

– The BBC

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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