Your Hurts, Your Scars and Your Struggles Shape You

My friend, Crystal Gronto inspired me to share this Monday morning thought. She wrote on her Facebook status,

"this is the story that makes you special. Your struggles and your hurts are making you strong,"

Here I am just thinking about about the hurts, the pains and the scars I incurred as I was growing up. Yes, it felt detrimental at that time but the longer I walked the Earth, the more I embrace the painful moments. They really shape me to be whom I am today. So, why wouldn't I embrace them? Instead felt ashamed and embarrassed by them?

I view life lessons so differently these days. It's called PERSPECTIVE.

And I read from a poem somewhere a long time ago about how it's in the Valley that I grow.

I continue to have not-so-shiny moments but if I choose to find lessons in them, the pain wouldn't go unlearned.