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THURSDAY THOUGHT 10/23/08

Be Proud of Your Scars
 
I suspect the average person (being an average person myself) spends about 17.6% of the day thinking about what’s wrong with his or her body.  (I could be wrong, but I’m trying to err on the conservative side.)  They exercise, weigh themselves, watch what they eat, worry about their hair or the size of their feet, think about lasik surgery, liposuction, wrinkle smoothers, etc. 
 
Then there are those with a slower shuffle, hides like rhinos, and just the slightest twinkle-mixed-with-mourning light in their aging eyes, whose bodies are honest about where they’ve been and the things they’ve experienced.  Maybe they know that when they turn their bodies in at the end, they will not get their deposits back anyway, so why worry about it. 
 
My point?  Not sure.  Maybe just that life’s way too short to worry about buffing out every bumper scratch and fender dent.  Better yet, think of them like passport stamps that show where you’ve been.  So, enjoy the trip.  You’ve earned every nick and scar you’ve picked up along the way.  — jri
 
“Some people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me.  I want people to know why I look this
way.  I’ve traveled a long way and some of the
roads weren’t paved.”
        –    Will Rogers