What does "buo" mean to me?

Buo doesn’t mean being perfect and unbroken. It means wholeness in the brokenness and imperfection. Neither is it an absolute state, as we are in a constant state of “pagbubuo”.

In my previous post, I shared a little bit of my thoughts on the word, as triggered by responses of others. Today, I engage in deeper reflection on my own definition.

For me, the word buo means a sense of “enough-ness” (not perfection), of gratitude and contentment (not achievement), of integration (rather than having everything), of wholeness — of worth…