Today’s Thought:

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you’ve endured. They’re a treasure map to the deep self. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

NOTE: Author and poet, Robert Bly, wrote of conducting a men’s workshop where he asked the men to place a sticky note paper on every place in their body where they carried a scar, physically or emotionally. We all carry scars. No one is spared from scars caused by parents, siblings, classmates, or lovers. A scar happens each time someone is shamed for being different (add your own definition of different here). A scar happens each time we’re betrayed or treated unfairly. And, there are the physical scars if you’ve been physically abused. If we stay stuck thinking about our scars, we loose the gift they’re giving us. They give us the gift of being compassionate to other scar bearers. They give us the give us wisdom. They give us the gift of justice. They give us the potential of becoming a wounded healer of others who bear scars. Turn your scars into stars.