We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

On our honeymoon we talked and talked. We stayed in a beachfront villa, and we drank rum and lemonade and talked so much that I never even noticed what color the sea was. Whenever I need to stop and remind myself how much I once loved Andrew, I only need to think about this. That the ocean covers seven tenths of the earth's surface, and yet my husband could make me not notice it.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not been a result we can all agree on. And it is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated. Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.