I Don't Want to Die Without Scars

I was speaking with a friend the other day about scars (literal and figurative) and it prompted me to look ups some quotes about them...

                          

“I don't want to die without any scars.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Isn't this the truth? Do you really want to go through life UNSCATHED? Because that means you would have learned nothing. We absolutely cannot learn a thing without it leaving a scar of some kind. I don't want to die without scars!

The marks humans leave are too often scars.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

WOW. How great is this? Let our own painful scars be strong reminders of why we should be careful not to leave them on others.

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ― Kahlil Gibran

The most massive characters are seared with scars...powerful.  Shouldn't we all want our characters to be massive? (Character, not ego) Yes! Scars alone do this. The strongest souls...the most massive of characters....forged by scars.

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi

Stunning. Where we are our most vulnerable, is where God does his best work. His Light enters in to the place we are deepest cut....if we allow it. (Likely not what 'Rumi" meant here but we can apply Truth to it nonetheless)

These quotes helped me embrace not just the scars left from pain endured but the process of pain as new scars are being formed. Building massive character, reminding me to be kind to others, allowing God to do His best work...I won't focus on the scars themselves, but instead on what they are doing for me now and in the future!