I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, JOHN, BUT I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THE ROAD THAT LED ME TO HIM. THAT ROAD HAS BEEN FILLED WITH TEARS, HAPPINESS, SORROWS, HEALINGS BUT ALSO INDEED....A LOT OF WOUNDS. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF THEM! GREAT SHARING, THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

It's the scars we carry that prove we've lived.

Rebecca

There is much wisdom in this piece, as far too many endure their lives without allowing the maxim that to know happiness, one has to have experienced sadness... and vice versa. I'm presently proofing and editing a book on LSD and as I go through it, many of the "scars" you speak of here are referred to in many of the passages of the book relating to the abandonment of the ego in a trip and allowing within a safe environment and guide the mind to relax and let flow one's personal needs of the mind unsheltered by the ego. "To become the person we are today" is a message that only those who allow the pain and happiness to relate to one another can enjoy.