Many of us are marked with the scars and bruises of playing and living as a child, that don't affect us in any way except to serve as memories from our past. In life, as there are physical scars, there are emotional scars as well, but we must never allow these scars to turn us into someone who we really aren't.

Instead of changing who you are to avoid ever being scarred again emotionally, we must choose to live as ourselves and use the experiences of the past to help guide us into our futures.

Be yourself in everything that you do, and most importantly be courageous enough to still take the risks and opportunities that life will present to you even in the presence of fear.

Help yourself to a full portion of life and what it has to offer by making efforts to live your life to the fullest extent by not allowing the wounds of the past to prevent you from living each day to the best of your ability.