[[.INSPIRATION.]]

For the past 4 years, I've been in search of the perfect tattoo...one that is not only symbolic and meaningful, but also a piece of work that is straight [[FIRE]]. One day, when I wasn't feeling very cheerful, I decided to sit outside on campus to clear my head. I was alone, surrounded by nothing but food trucks and the Tech Center (if you go to TU, you know exactly where that is). All of a sudden, this random bird flies onto the table I'm sitting at and just stares at me. Literally, this thing just flew in front on me and started looking at me dead in my eyes. As if that wasn't weird enough, he/she proceeded to sit next to me in my seat! To make a long story short, this bird not only brightened my day, but possibly gave the inspiration for my first tat that I'm waiting to get...

“People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.”

Hence...