scars of life

The human body is very much like the human life. For instance, the bodies of newborn babies are considered flawless, a new beginning. When you look at the scar-covered bodies of grownups, you can see how much they have went through. Thinking back, the scars that we have gotten during our growing up years are not unlike the regrets we have in our lives. Some of us are proud of our scars but most of us are actually ashamed of them. Attempts will be made to cover them, to remove them, so as to enable the person to forget about them. But from the medical point of view, scars are the body's memories of traumas, serving as cautionary reminders of lessons learnt. Hence, even if your intention is to forget them, you must first have the courage to face them

There is a German proverb about trees which loosely translate as saying that the strongest parts of a tree are where its scars lie. Trees are frequently under attack from the elements, resulting in damages to the trunk and the branches falling off. Even so, the tree will recover and grow again. When compared to the rest of the trees, though the scars are ugly, they are also the hardest parts of the tree and can support the tree to grow. The moral of this proverb is not hard to understand for everyone has a story of a stormy encounter. It may be the death of a beloved or simply the bickering with a friend in the morning. There is just no meaning to compare which kind of frustration is greater than the other. Even before man is able to dominate earth, Mother Nature has already given us a survival instinct which helps us to grow. When faced with setbacks, we can still walk against the headwind, not unlike the tree's old trunk

We may not have many dilemmas in life but when faced with them, do we know how to react? Should we allow them to control us or should we place destiny in our own hands? However we may choose, there is no right or wrong, good or bad. As long as we take charge of our own fate and direction like the old scarred tree, even under adverse conditions, we can still live a good life.