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SCARRED PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL

 

Just like the roses

Without the thorns

Are ordinary

And dull.

Just like the sunset

It is not at all beautiful

Without the clouds.

I do not mean to justify

But some modern people

Belittle others because of their scar...

Is there a standard that says

The cleaner the better?

Does a scar make you unfit

To be called a child of God?

Does it stop you from doing good?

 

Sometimes,

Some hypocrites do think that way;

They do not have scars

But their hearts are wounded, too.

 

Why not look at the Man on the Cross

And see how many scars you can count

All because of love.

Scarred people are beautiful

Because they know that in pain

There is love and hope and sacrifice;

What is outside of you

Does not define who you are

But what lies beneath you....

 

No justification,

No judgement...

Scarred people have their stories...

That made them beautiful.

 

(August 21... my 50th birthday)

NYC 2008