Scars

We all have scars. Maybe you are proud of one because it brings up how hard you fought, how well you played. Maybe you are ashamed of another because it brings up nothing but suffering, pain, and sorrow. We all have scars. Places where we have been wounded. What matters is how we think about our scars, how we talk about them. When we consider our scars, we can say, "I have been wounded. See? Here's the proof." When we consider our scars, we can say, "I was wounded, and I survived."

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Some days I feel like I’m nothing but one big scar and want to retreat to my room. After a while I know other people have more scars than I do. I need to remind myself of that and get my ass out of bed and get up and do something. I’m lucky bc I know many more people are dealing with worse things than I am. I remind myself that I am a good person. I always try to be kind and some days are better than others. (My poor sister that I live with and love, usually is the one who ends up having to put up with my crabbiness). I will do better and be the badass that my therapist says is one of my better traits. Blessings to you for helping me start my day on a positive path and ending being proud of myself. You are an angel 😇.

Yup Betsy, you are a tough little nut! Love the start to my day, shared with you.. 💕

I can almost hear the scar of your bass ass self in your voice.
My most recent scar I was describing as gruesome 8 weeks ago. Now I call it Kintsugi. Scars can bring the most enlightened gifts, and make us whole again.
Namaste 🙏

I always laugh when people comment about your "cuss words" (and I don't have much to laugh about right now) If they think ass and feck are bad, then if they ever come to Glasgow their heads will explode with all the much, much worse "cuss words" we use 🤣 Wonderful, as always. Thank you 💫💖

This mediation in its short span blew my mind! Yes I am a bad a$$ meditating warrior and I can freaking get up again and again and accomplish! That’s how I got this far! Thank you for opening my mind to the concept that meditation needs to be what I need it to be! 🙏🏽 somedays it’s irreverent and spunky and somedays it’s soothing and some days it’s deep and reflective. LOVE THIS ONE!

Ah, I heard a stronger than usual accent on a few words and for a moment I was home, buttering lefse. 😊 There's a song I heard back in high school - I don't know if I ever knew who sang it (it was a mix cassette tape, so I just showed my age) - and your words here echo that song. The chorus went, in part, "You should wear with pride the scars on your skin. They're a record of you and the places you've been." Or very close to that. It's been a while....

I had surgery recently, and another minor procedure a few weeks ago. Both scars are healing well. But I found it hard to relate when each doctor mentioned, without being asked, how much of the scar would be visible and how much concealed, and commented on how "pretty" each would or would not look. Who cares? I definitely do not. Apparently many do though. These marks are visible reminders that I am stronger than that which made them or caused them to be made. Even my "silly scars" tell a very human story.

I don't know if the replacement cuss word at the end is part of your usual speech pattern (there was a slight hesitation before it that makes me think it might not be) but it just made me grin all the more as I was immediately reminded of "MN nice." That memory, like the photographic evidence left behind by my scars (both external and internal), transported me to various places and times in my past, all with their own stories to tell.

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts here with us. I see the light in you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻

EDIT TO REPLY: Though I know one single solitary person (from Australia) who would disagree, *I* wholeheartedly agree that lefse FAR outshines lutefisk any day of the week and twice on Sunday. 😁 But neither holds a candle to kringla or krumkake.

I will grant, however, that my grandfather's baked lutefisk is somewhat more palatable than other versions. But STILL... 🤪

(And the accent is mainly on - you guessed it - the "o," and in this specific case was when you said "potatoes" which served the dual purpose of making me think about lefse. 😂 Nice. 😉)

Loved the seemingly irreverent attitude! It’s a powerful message! Tightly packaged! Loved it. Thank you

True words.. Thank you. Scars are just a reminder. Thats how i see them.

Yes! I’m a badass warrior who gets up again and again and again! Thank you! 🙏🏽

Short, sweet, and perfect. For when you need that quick uplift in the heat of battle.