{"id":4206,"date":"2017-10-28T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:10:29","slug":"proud-of-your-scars-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/proud-of-your-scars-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Proud of Your Scars!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Be proud of your scars, not ashamed!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4208\" title=\"near a river encouragement for children scars bj rae bald eagle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/be-proud-of-your-scars-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"scars near a river encouraging for kids bj rae bald eagle\" width=\"700\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/be-proud-of-your-scars-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/be-proud-of-your-scars.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Japan, when someone breaks a bowl, (s)he puts it back together by filling the cracks with gold. Thus creating a beautiful lining.<\/p>\n<p>This is done in Japan to emphasize the beauty of what was once broken.\u00a0 Suffering damage and now having a history makes an object even more beautiful than it was.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for human beings. Although your life may feel uglier to you when you go through a difficult time, all that you have been through and are going through now does make your life uglier. It is up to you to paint your struggles with gold and make your life beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>You are never broken beyond repair. As long as you pick yourself up and learn from what has happened, you make your life beautiful. And you make yourself a better person because of the struggles you have survived.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wear your scars proudly<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">as a badge of honor to say to the world,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cLook at what I have been through.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">It has made me who I am today,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">and I can get through anything<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">that life puts in front of me now.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Do not be ashamed of what has happened to you!<\/h4>\n<p>Everything that has happened to you has happened for a reason.\u00a0 When you deny and complain and do not accept what has happened to you, your struggles and challenges are not useful.\u00a0 But the moment you accept your life struggles and challenges, you find what is useful in them.\u00a0 And you paint the cracks in your life with gold and turn your life into something beautiful. You turn something that could be ugly into something beautiful and inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>When what you have been through inspires others, then all of your struggles are worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>Do not get stuck on how things used to be!\u00a0Leonardo DiCaprio<em>\u00a0<\/em>said, \u201cEvery next level of life will demand a new you.\u201d Sometimes it takes being broken to become a new version of yourself.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Be proud of your scars!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/home\/never-give-up-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Where is the hero you have been searching for? <\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/negative-person-drag-down-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Does a negative person drag you down?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let every person be blessed!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Can you pay this bill?<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Enjoy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near a river<\/a>!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be proud of your scars, not ashamed! 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