Scars

"Scars can be painful, but they're a badge of courage. The strong ones are the ones who have the scars, everyone else keeps the wound."

Life goes on, and so should you. It's a simple, blunt fact of life. There's no getting around it. I mean, there is, but it's hard to catch back up. Believe me. Whatever pain you're feeling today... it'll only last for a little while. It may be the worst pain you've ever felt, or maybe the worst is to come, but either way, if there wasn't pain, there wouldn't be any enjoyment in the happiness. As a teenager especially, heart break is guaranteed, and should almost be expected. There's no way to brace yourself, or to prepare for it. It's one of the few phenomena in life that one must take as it comes, and not try to anticipate. Nothing good can come out of that.

At the same time, when someone is wounded, they try to protect that wound from as much as they can. Maybe they'll show a few people, but the rest of the world sees a bandage, a sign to not try to touch, not to ask about it, just try to ignore it. Don't stare, don't laugh: that kind of deal. And if all you do is hide that wound from the world... It's never going to get better. Sure, sometimes something will hit it again, and you'll feel the same pain you did when you first got it... or maybe you realize after a while, the pain becomes less and less unbearable, eventually causing you not to wince at all when something hits the wound.

But scars are so much easier to have. They may change your way of thinking, and your way of life forever, but at least the pain is more likely to stay away, and you can show people those scars without being ashamed or embarassed, and maybe you can use those scars to get better...

It's all a process. And time doesn't heal all wounds, the person does. If you don't want a wound to heal, it won't. Sorry. You have to put forth a little effort, and praying seems to help, if you ask me.

But since you didn't, don't be embarassed of your scars. And don't be worrying that once you do finally allow the would to heal, you'll have to explain it to everyone, because you won't. It's nothing to be ashamed of, in fact, you should be proud, because now, you can just... smile because it happened...