Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
Interpretation
The experiences of pain and hardship can make us stronger and more resilient.
This quote by Henry Rollins conveys that the challenges and traumas we endure in life can fortify us, just as scar tissue is tougher than the skin it replaces. It encourages us to recognize the strength that comes from overcoming difficulties and to carry that resilience forward as we move on in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth after hardship.
Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.
Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.
When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.
If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.
If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you
After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
I do have a belief in God, and no matter what happens to me, things are gonna be OK. It doesn't matter whether the tumours have spread or not, because either way, I'm gonna turn out a winner.
In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.
When I did get captured, the only thing I held onto was the fact that my teammates were going to come get me. Period.
For some, the fear of coming out is so great, they can continue to live an inauthentic life. But at a certain point, the pain becomes too much to bear. For me, having one more day pass by where I wasn't living my true self seemed like such a wasted opportunity, such a wasted life.
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