The photo above may look like an island in the South China Sea, but it is actually plaster loss on a building near the Piazza Navona in Rome. I'd bet if it was in the United States we would see it as a scar or just repair it. Rome - and most European cities - see this as history. These are wear marks. The plastering over it or repair of it would erase the past. Old is good. Old is wonderful. Every birthday I keep reminding myself of that. No need to hide it. We need to celebrate it.
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