"No one sows a piece of unstrung cloth on an old cloak, otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old and a worse tear is made."(Mark 2:21)
I don't know much about sewing. I certainly have seen patched up clothes. In some ways they can be quite fashionable I guess. A patch of course is a fix to a problem, whether it be clothes, a tire or a wall. Ultimately there will come a time when you need to just replace completely whatever it is that you patched.
When we try to patch things up in our lives, we may fix something temporarily or if we're lucky it might even hold, but the reality is it is not the same as it was. We patch because what has a hole in it is valuable to us. But the patch will always remind us that it is no longer the same.
There may be times in our lives when there is no point to patching. We need to let go of that object or part of our lives that is broken and can't be fixed. To open our eyes, heart and mind to new possibilities. But until we can do that, patching may be all we can handle.
Blessings,
Ed
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