Beauty in the Breakdown

So, let go, let go

Just get in. 
Oh, it's so amazing here 
It's all right

‘cause there's beauty in the breakdown

~ By Frou Frou

Songwriters: Heap, Imogen; Sigsworth, Guy

Seasons come and seasons go, and nothing stays the same very long. Isn’t change itself, very seldom appreciated? Well, perhaps only when it’s a more obvious, “positive” change.

I do think there are many of us that appreciate the struggles... if only in retrospect.

Over this past weekend's getaway trip-by-train to Portland, I discovered some of the great musical collaboration known as “Frou Frou.” I had originally heard them on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy month’s back, and recently located them on iTunes after hearing them on Pandora radio... oh how you can connect with so many things via technology and media exposure. 

What a GREAT sound for a grey, wet winter in Seattle.

It also had me thinking about something quite intriguing: the “beauty in the breakdown.” How could letting go and falling apart be beautiful?

For me, the breakdown is beautiful, because of what it symbolizes… a necessary part of rebirth. Nothing is beautiful (at least not in the same way we know it) forever. I think it all has to do with how we label, judge and qualify what beauty is. So it is about definition…

And about acceptance: In this case, death and birth are part of the process. I strive to embrace this whole process, as opposed to just one piece (the part one might typically label as beautiful).

Letting go and breaking down is a necessary part of life that cracks (or sometimes crashes) a window, eventually (or right away) opening the door for change. The opportunity cannot exist until we agree to go to that ‘scary place’ known as falling apart: a place full of ambiguity and the unknown. I truly must learn to better master this skill each year, right around when fall arrives. It is definitely NOT always easy!

As March has finally arrived, and the first day of spring is coming in just a few weeks, I remember that this breakdown is necessary for life to exist. I only wish I was experiencing it from 80 degrees and sunshine on the beach!

See you all in the sun-

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