Wabi Sabi, the Japanese wisdom of imperfection
Wabi stands for simplicity, open-mindedness and peace. Reflection and silence are also words that fit this term. Matter has long lost its luster at this stage. Your happiness really doesn't depend on that anymore. What matters is that you no longer run from yourself and seek refuge as a distraction from the outside world. Wabi Sabi is the acceptance that nothing stays the way it is. Everything changes and is finite at some point. Call it nostalgia or something of melancholy. Resisting change is pointless. Wonderful to dive into this sense of acceptance from time to time. Then you'll look completely zen. Because you don't have to be influenced by six-pack selfies on Instagram anymore. After all, the body also belongs to matter, and happiness is not in that.
The Japanese Doctrine of Imperfection
For centuries, the Japanese have known the philosophy of wabi sabi, which means something like: nothing or no one is perfect, complete, or eternal. You only achieve happiness by accepting things as they are — for example, by feeling connected to nature, or experiencing a sense of calm that happens to you at a beautiful seaside sunset.
Just like in the bestsellers, Find you ikigai , Shinrin-yoku and Ganbatte status Wabi sabi full of great stories, for example about a monk in a Japanese zen monastery who always left a leaf when he swept the path in the garden, a way to show that the Japanese ideal of beauty is not based on perfection. Or about kintsugi, a Japanese art form where broken ceramics are repaired with gold or silver paint so that the cracks stand out just as much. But wabi sabi can also be used as a philosophy for daily life.
Wabi sabi is therefore a comforting book and an ode to the imperfect.
