A friend sent me this poster that says: Leave a mark in someone’s life, but make sure it’s not a scar. (The writer is unknown.)
She asked me what I thought that it meant. She comes from a background of physical abuse and has many physical scars. I was puzzled because I thought that the meaning might be obvious.
I asked her what she was looking for in an answer to the question. She said that she got the reference to being scarred physically by someone or some event like a car accident etc. She felt that there was more to the very short, profound statement.
I replied that to me, it means always deal with everyone with kindness and respect. For example, do not trample all over a child’s dreams of being an artist if their first attempts are not what we expect. We have no way of knowing if that child might be the world’s greatest abstract artist. As humans, we have to learn not to be so mean to everyone. We need to find a way to accept the differences and find a way to reduce the violence towards our families, neighbours, and countrymen/women.
She said that she liked my explanation, and left it at that.
Blessings,
Judy