Scars

My Facebook page's meme says:

Never be ashamed of a scar.
It simply means you were stronger
than whatever tried to hurt you.

We all have scars.
Some, sadly, are visible.
I tend to call them battle wounds . . .
from fights in which I've been victorious.
Some, more sadly, are not visible.
These are inflicted on the heart,
in the psyche,
on the soul.
Much more tragic.
But the victory over them is magnified ten fold.
You always have the option
to succumb to your wounds or battle through them.
Even when you are having a bad day,
when everything seems to be against you,
when bad luck might be your only luck,
remember
that you have been triumphant over every bad day so far.
Your track record is pretty good.
You are stronger than you think,
and braver than you know.
Go ahead . . . show those scars!