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A Scar Is Evidence, Not Instruction

An old protection may deserve gratitude and still be ready to retire.

R Richard Nkwenti 1 min read

A scar tells the truth about what the body survived. It does not automatically know how the future should be lived.

Pain may advise permanent closure because closure once created safety. Wisdom listens with compassion, then examines whether the danger is still present.

Which old protection has completed its service and is now narrowing the life it saved?

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