Where are your scars?

If you’ve lived at all, you will accumulate scars. And each scar will have a story.

Scars are the consequences of emotional and physical wounds. 

Some scars, products of accidents and procedures, will be visible and easy to explain.

Other scars will be invisible, caused by emotional experiences and complicated relationships.

Wounds caused by physical encounters will often heal quite rapidly because nature has a wonderful way of doing her work if you let her.

However, emotional wounds will not scar unless you let them.

You might choose to leave them open a little longer so that they remind you of your experience. Maybe you never want to forget the joy or pain you went through, so you let the wound stay open just a little longer before it scars.

And yes, joy can cause emotional scarring, too. Many a broken heart is the result of such intense joy and pleasure that leave a vacuum for pain to fill when they’re gone.

Life is an emotional battlefield, and the likelihood that you will go through it unscathed is very slim. Your scars will serve as emotional braille. Read them to remember your experiences, both good and bad.

Ultimately, your accumulation of emotional and physical scars will be your reminder that you were here and took all that life had to offer.

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