In “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self”, Walker presents the idea that a wound can be a breakthrough. I can relate to this very well from my own experience. At first, the wound really hurt. I realize now that it is a breakthrough. God has helped me through scripture to show me that, that was not what I needed in my life at this moment. The wound that affected to me was that I had to stop talking to a girl that I liked more than I have ever liked anyone in my entire life. This just happened to me very recently. Things occurred that we could not talk anymore. She is hurt just as much as I am; maybe even more. The fact that this happened made me feel terrible. Losing one of the people you care most about in life is tragic. My mood changed
