If You Wish Upon a Star

Have you ever wished that you could go back and redo a part of your life?  Sometimes there are moments that you wish you could relive over and over again because you see it as the happiest time in your life.  Others you wish you could push "delete" and erase it from your mind forever.  How great would it be if you could decide which memories you could "delete" and which you could "record" and save to look back on.  It would save us from a lot of pain, heartache, regret, guilt, and sadness, but would life be as sweet if we didn't have the good to compare to the bad?

I used to think that after a certain amount of time most of your pain and wounds would heal, isn't that what the saying is after all?  "Time heals all wounds".  I've come to realize that yes, time does help you heal, along with many other things to get you from one day to the next, but it won't just disappear completely.  Eventually your hurt will become a scar, one you can be proud of.....maybe with lots of stitches. :) Other experiences may cause that scar to break open again, but in the end it will always heal enough that you won't feel the constant pain.  We all have our scars, our experiences good and bad, that shape who we are and who we can become.  I love this quote from the movie, Return to Me, "It's the character that's the strongest that God gives the most challenges to."