Have you ever burned or cut yourself? Have you ever had a broken bone or undergone surgery? Do you remember the scab that formed over the wound? Do you remember how long it took for the bruises and scabs to go away? Have you ever shared your scars with anyone or had someone ask you how you got certain scars on your body? Scabs go away but scars often remain. Scabs form to protect while healing takes place underneath. Scars serve as reminders, not only of injuries and pain but also of the healing process. When we find value in our scabs and our scars, we stop nursing old wounds and talking about past hurts in a negative way. Rather we begin to show our scars as measures of our victories as a soldier would talk about wounds obtained in victorious battles.
Just like the body has amazing healing powers, our minds, spirits, and emotions also form scabs and scars also. One of the greatest challenges we face in life is the challenge to see our scabs and scars in all aspects of our lives as opportunities to heal, grow, and win even greater victories as a result of our past successes. A great deal of discipline is necessary to view pain, injury, and negative circumstances as positive things that make us stronger, wiser, and unstoppable. Our future success depends on our ability to see our scabs as shields for our defense and our scars as reminders of our victories. It is not the person or thing that wounded us that is our enemy but our perspective that determines whether our scabs and scars will become our allies or foes.