Nevermind

 My daughter made me this for Christmas. 

It's a new hobby she has, which I think that she is incredibly talented at by the way, and completely self taught. It was the promo pic of a Nirvana album by the lead singer, Kurt Cobain, called "Nevermind", and of the songs off that album, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was one of the first songs I learned to platy on the bass. 
So, for may reasons, I love this little guy. 

Tonight I looked at the back of it though. 

And that really got me thinking. 

The front looks the way it should. It's the logo that helped propel this band mainstream. I can tell what it is and I know what it means. 

But the back...well, it's kind of a mess. But it takes that mess to make the front look the way it's supposed to. Maybe like you? Maybe like me?

There's a lot that has gone on behind us to make us who we are now. Lots of learnings, lots of mistakes, lots of pain and regrets. 

And all that in the background is shaping who we are now. So, maybe the more jumbled up the backstory the more beautiful the picture. 

So, thank you Emily for this beautiful reminder of what I might portray on the outside has been knitted and carafted and woven together by what is behind. 

Celebrate what is in your background that makes your foreground uniquely you!