| Here's the definition of scar according
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| | usually not so funny - or welcome.
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| to wikepedia.com:
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| | Perhaps the most disfiguring scars of all
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| A scar results from the biologic process
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| | are the ones that can't be seen; the
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| of wound repair in the skin and other
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| | emotional wounds we carry inside. Often,
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| tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a
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| | those scars are caused by loss, bigotry,
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| natural part of the healing process. With
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| | hatred, abuse, or failure. And we all
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| the exception of very minor lesions,
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| | have 'em, some people just hide their
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| every wound results in some form of
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| | blemishes and pretend their life is
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| scarring.
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| | unmarred. Why? Unless you've lived your
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| Scars obtained in childhood are, well,
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| | life in a bubble and wearing a Kevlar
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| usually kinda funny. When someone asks
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| | vest, we're all going to get hurt.
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| how I got the three deep gashes on my
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| | Physically, emotionally, socially,
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| right calf, I usually chuckle, shake my
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| | whatever, being hurt and recovering is
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| head and say, "I was a really, REALLY
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| | part of life.
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| dumb kid..." Then, I tell a tale where
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| | It all comes down to how we view our
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| the three main characters are a
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| | scars. A fresh wound is not a scar. The
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| four-wheeler, a barbed wire fence and a
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| | very nature of a scar means, something
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| certain 15-year-old who bears a striking
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| | has happened - and healed. Something
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| resemblance to yours truly.
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| | terrible was survived. If we can look at
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| When I was standing in the fence line
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| | ourselves and embrace all we have been
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| with a bloody leg that looked like it'd
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| | through to become who we are - we might
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| just gone through a meat processor, do
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| | begin to view scars as: lessons learned,
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| you think I was laughing? Nope! And when
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| | places been... victories won.
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| the doc shoved a syringe full of
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| | For years, I hated, HATED the five-inch
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| anti-tetanus medication into my arm, did
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| | mark across my chin that showed up the
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| I have a big grin plastered on my mug?
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| | same night I lost my sight. Now? I kinda
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| Again, no. So, why was I beaming a week
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| | like it. How can I like something that
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| later when showing off my bandages to my
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| | doesn't fit with the American ideal of
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| classmates? Time. As time passed the
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| | beauty? Again, it's all in how we think
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| physical pain eased and I had proof of
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| | of it.
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| just how tough a kid I was. And now? Now
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| | If we twist our thinking, we see these
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| I look at those scars with fondness. They
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| | "imperfections" not as failures, but as
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| remind me of my throw-caution-to-the-wind
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| | signs of being tried, tested and proven.
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| childhood, of the fact I lived through a
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| | With the proper attitude and time to
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| horrifying, if rather stupid accident,
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| | adjust, we can eventually accept and
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| and now have a fun story to tell!
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| | ultimately love the trials that put those
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| Physical injuries and the scars that
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| | physical blemishes on our bodies and
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| accompany them obtained in adulthood are
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| | souls.
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