When I was seven I had appendicitis. My appendix actually burst and obviously required surgery. This surgery gave me one of the largest appendicitis related scars I've ever seen. As a result of my surgeon doubling as a butcher, my dad asked me if I was interested in plastic surgery to make this scar on my stomach less noticeable. To this I replied that I didn't want it. So I still have this scar. The reason that I said no is that I believe that the past and our scars (both physical and emotional) help make us who we are. Sure there are things in my past that I would love to change, I've gone through a lot of tough times, but why try to erase the past? Why not embrace it and keep the proof that you survived something? Try not giving into vanity and society's standards for once.
As I said, I've gone through a lot throughout my short life. But that really isn't the point, because EVERYBODY has a story that will break your heart. Which is why I hate all of the judgmental people out there who have no idea where you've been and have never gone through it in their life. This is also why when I was reading Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" for my humanities class there was one quote that stuck with me:
"Hath your house been burnt? Hath your property been destroyed before your face? Are your wife and children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? If you have not then you are not to judge those who have."
Something that was written in 1776 and still holds true.
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