Broken Tiles

Where are the broken tiles in my roof? Just what and where are my weak spots?

How can I live with such a leaky roof? How can I take the constant leaking? Besides me getting wet, the house will rot! Shouldn't I go climb right up in this rainstorm and cement those tiles?

Of course not... it's raining and the roof is slippery. It's best to ride out the storm and wait for a sunny day in which to climb up.

We all have good tiles and broken tiles... dreams and broken dreams... that make up the roof or our life.

And we have sunny days and rainy days. When it's sunny we forget about the broken tiles... until it rains again.

On the other hand, we have many good tiles too... the vast majority of the large number of tiles on our roof are good, whole, tiles.

Life is similar, we all have weak spots, and when it rains, there's a leak. It's OK, it's not a big deal... a couple of broken tiles are nothing.

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections... mine and yours.


The tiles shown above are on the roof of the Hyatt Coral Gables, a high-buck top-of-the-line hotel in Miami. The hotel and the patrons don't seem too bothered by the leaks. And neither should we be... we're OK, and we can take a little rain when it storms. Overall, we're tougher than we think.

Let's not dwell on our broken tiles.

- © 2007 by Willy
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