Broken

Can something that has been broken before be mended back?

People around me keep telling me how there is a solution to every problem, how there is always some speck of optimism in this world. But as I grow older, I find it somehow harder to believe their words. Not that I do not respect their advice but I simply cannot swallow that much-appreciated piece of advice anymore.

In this world, some people's diseases are terminal and cannot be cured. In this world, some people just cannot change no matter how much you try to influence them.

Nice to look at, nice to hold, once broken, considered sold. I have seen that sentence around at departmental stores countless times. Now that as I grow older, I begin to realise how true that sentence is. Can a human heart heal so easily? Can a love that has been extinguished be rekindled like lighting a wick? Once the cracks have appeared, can it be mended and pieced back without any fissures? Can man ever not die and achieve immortality.

As much as I try to convince myself to take my friends' advice, some miracles in life that you try to believe in just do not seem to materialise. But hey, maybe that is life :)