You are Not “Broken,” You are “Refurbished”

by Six Jane

I need all you out there who feel they’re lost, who cry themselves to sleep, those battling some medically labeled disorder, anyone who feels alone because it seems people have turned their backs, and all of you who are just tired of what life has thrown at you. I need you to listen… and listen real good, ok?

YOU ARE NOT BROKEN.

It took me years to understand this. One day it hit me. I was alone, scared, felt lost, and couldn’t think of one reason I should care about life. ….then BAM.

It’s not that I was broken and unwanted. I was just battle- and life-tested and am now refurbished. I had to figure out my new settings.  Once I did…. I was unstoppable.

YOU ARE NOT BROKEN.
YOU ARE REFURBISHED.

Learn your new settings. Learn how you work.

You are not worthless, unwanted.

People out there want tested and survived. People do want refurbished.

Us refurb’ed peeps have everything a shiny new model has. We may have a few nicks and be scratched up a bit, but we’re proven. We’re tested. We can do everything we’re meant to… maybe not like the directions say, but we can get it done.

You are not alone.

You are not broken.

You are refurbished.

And I care about each and every one of you refurb’ed rebels… because you are what I am.

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This article originally appeared on Facebook and is re-posted with the permission of the original author. It first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 31, 2019.