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What's your post-D personal motto?
So, the tattoo talk got me thinking about my own tattoo that I want, which is a motto I have associated wtih myself post-D. I know our board motto is "onward and upward", but what's your own personal motto? Like, if you were to get a saying tattooed on yourself, what would it be? Something that inspires you and/or drives you forward...
Mine is "Ishvara Prahnihana" which is a yoga principle meaning "surrender yourself to God/greater power/higher being, etc". It's sort of throwing your hands up in the air and just saying there are some things you don't have control over and you just have to leave it up to the powers that be. There have been alot of times where I just have to step back and say "You know what self? You don't have control over that right now. What will be will be. It will work out how it is supposed to.", my divorce for example.
While I believe in God (but don't consider myself a 'religion'), I also take alot of value from other traditions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. Also, yoga and the like has been extremely helpful to me in the past year and a half. It's something I've gotten back into since the divorce and something I truly enjoy. So...I feel it's a pretty neat motto that I indentify with. I want to get this tattooed on my foot, as running was also super important in helping to keep me "grounded" post-D.
So....what's your motto SO?
Re: What's your post-D personal motto?
Mine would be espoir... it's French for hope. I have a ring with it embossed on it and I've worn it for years.
I'm still debating on the tattoo... if I do it, it would be on my side, right above the curve of my hip. A nice pretty scripty font with the bluebird from my logo nestled in there somewhere.
There is a verse that my sister's friend lived by and after her death it definitely hit home for me. "Walk by faith not by sight" With everything that I went through and kept believing that everything was going to work out in the end it just stuck with me.
"Why not?" so I don't say no to things, "Do what I want" because I am taking charge of my life, and "I deserve it" because damnit I do!
ETA: There are some Israeli mottos that I have adopted. "Why not?" is one, "What are you going to do about it?" (you can't do anything so don't worry) is another, and "Everything be ok". Very telling of Israeli life and I like these for mine too
They see us rollin'...they be hatin'.
I cannot pick just one!
Here's a few great ones:
"Keep your heels, head, and standards high"
"Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you"
"the longer you wait for something the more you'll appreciate it when you get it. 'Cause anything worth having is definitely worth waiting"
never realized a lot of people had one... "never again" is mine,
never again will i ignore people's advice about my relationship,
never again will I ignore my own gut,
never again will I let someone push me around like that.
Just prior to the actual divorce, I had the word "Stronger" tattooed on the inside of my wrist because I am stronger than any of the obstacles thrown at me. When times get tough, I look at it and remember that I am stronger than whatever comes my way!
"you have to walk away from what you want to find what you deserve"
"if they don't care about your absence, they don't deserve your presence"