Disclaimer: Don't own Teen Titans. Nor do I own the quote.

Author's Note: I thought this was something to admire about Beast Boy, and this is sort of my first attempt at a Drabble-ish oneshot?

Anyway, enjoy! I tried my best to vaguely state his past so..here ya go. Also, I, DG, wrote this. Not Reed who is currently writing 'Sunglasses at Night.'

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You know, what makes a good human being is one who doesn't let their past define them, nor consume them.

Have come a long way...

They may've been beaten everyday of their life, they may've suffered from severe heartbreak, they may've witnessed the death of their parents, they may've never received enough love in their childhood, and they may have visible scars for evidence.

But you know what?

They aren't showing visible scars to people, they aren't open to doing that. Instead, they are showing it through their strength, and their ability to keep on living.

No matter how many times a day they may suffer from low self esteem and disappointment they still shine and smile their beautiful smiles.

Naysayers may crowd their paths but the naysayers aren't realizing they're only opting themselves to become angrier, simply due to the fact that the person they want to doubt and put down has learned to ignore all of their actions.

People who don't let a hard past define them has simply edged into their mind how God's will may work.

Beast Boy may've witnessed his parent's death, he may've suffered many blows from two criminals who tried to antagonize him, he may've lived with someone who barely fed him and was extremely greedy, he may've been put down too many times to count, and he may've came close to being loved for once in his teen life but it only ending in betrayal.

Yet, he still dons a cheeky smile, he still adds comic relief to a team, and he still makes it a mission to make the most angst member on the team to smile. So you may automatically think, why hasn't anyone tried to return his favors?

Because simply, they don't see his scars and past. They don't really know him. They never really even tried to get to know him.

He's been betrayed, heartbroken, and low categorized, but still. He isn't letting all that define him, he's simply trying to make it in a world of love and hate.

He's still living.

"The past should be left in the past or it can steal your future. Live life for what tomorrow can bring and not what yesterday has taken away. Every day is a gift."

-Unknown

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Thanks to whoever might review.