Scars!
They are marks that don't easily go away that mark great trama. I have around 11 of them from one surgery. On a really good day, I sometimes forget that I was under the knife but then, at night, I look down and it all comes back to me. Some scars are inflicted by others. Some are self-inflicted. The are all life changing. It's all in how we react to our scars. They can re-organize our priorities for good or for bad. I need to not forget my scars. Let them re-organize my life and make me serious about what counts. I know people with self-inflicted scars that have and will re-shape their lives for ever. They are different people now. This can be a good thing if we let it.