It's personal.

"It" being my tattoo. 

I've had my feather tattoo for several months now. 

I still absolutely love it with all my heart. 

One of the most common questions I get asked 

besides, "did it hurt?" (yes!) is "does it mean something?". 

I usually say "yes" and change the subject. 

Because hey, it's personal. 

But then I saw this print on Paper n Stitch 

and realized I could make a long story short... 

The feather stems not only from the fact that I love feathers in general, 

but also what they represent. I like to think of the phrase "free as a bird". 

I wanted a reminder of that, but the print above says it best. 

 Let yourself be free. 

To me that means the following: 

1. It's ok to do what you need to do in order to be happy. 

2. There's no sense in waiting around for someone else to bring 

that happiness to you. You have to go out and get it. 

3. Don't wait around for good things to happen. 

4. Learn to work with what you've got. 

Maybe some of those things sound contradictory, but it makes sense to me. 

This is something I am really trying to work on, and the feather is a reminder. 

Plus, it's pretty. Or at least I think so, and that's all that matters.