In the silence of earliest light, I rise and breathe snow. White covers the thin remains of winter, freezing what has been to make space for what is now, and opens a vast, blank page for what is possible. I walk. Snow floats in tiny crystals hovering, then dancing, thawing so tears are snowdrops

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with lacquer mixed or dusted with gold, silver, or platinum. Even missing pieces are forged in a precious metal and replaced. In other words, kintsugi highlights the broken places with gold rather than trying to minimize or hide the repairs

I want to talk about the power of color. You can, of course, Google the psychology of color and read what researchers have discovered about how everyone from advertisers to athletes use color to improve sales, create loyalty, enhance mood, and boost performance. My discovery about the power of color is from personal experience.