I read this quote a long time ago when building the new seemed so impossible. I realized that a lot of the time I was focused on fighting the old, which left me just fighting. Not moving forward and building the new. It really stuck with me and will pop into my head when I’m struggling with how to move forward. It happened earlier today while playing with my nephew, I couldn’t remember the exact quote but a few words and the feeling it gave me the first time I read it. My favorite thing about quotes is that you can learn something life changing, something that touches you and stays with you always, in just a few sentences. That is powerful, Socrates wrote this in what feels like forever ago and all this time later it touches my soul. Helping me see I need to stop fighting the old and build on the new. I have quotes tattooed on my body, that have been so valuable to my sanity in some really tough times. I’ll share those with you and the reasons that, what some people see as silly tattoos, are lessons I most needed to learn. They are badges similar to the ones I earned in Girl Scouts as a young girl, they earned their place on my body. Each day, regardless of where I might be or what is going on- I have them there to remind me of what I know is true and what will keep me moving forward.
