the big black thing on my arm

it's more than a band tattoo; it's more than fan appreciation. it symbolizes who i am. that's why it's important; that's why it's been made permanent on my skin. i believe that everyone experiences a handful of events in life that forever change them - events that have such a profound and eye opening impact, that a person is never the same after. meeting we the living, building a relationship with them, and learning from them more than i can tell you, has been one of those events for me. it's the event that has helped me discover my identity, what i hold to be true and important in life, and what my passion is. it's the event that has made me rediscover my thirst for knowledge, and discover what i want to do with my life. it's taken the grand scheme of things and helped me zoom in on what i need to hold in highest regard in my life. it's simple - it's the symbol of the law of identity. a is a, nothing more. everything is what it is. i am who i am. and it's also the symbol for we the living. think about that phrase for a minute - WE the LIVING. doesn't that just make you smile? i have so much appreciation to be a part of the LIVING, part of a group of people that have a fire inside them; a fire that drives them and makes them achieve great things and most of all, makes them see truth. that's what i'm after, and that's why i got inked.

"do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not quite, the not yet, the not at all. do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. check your road and the nature of your battle. the world you desired can be won. tt exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."