I always hear about people getting tattoos by mistake either when they are intoxicated or just to get it for fun. Recently, I was talking to a friend and as she was standing I noticed a tattoo on the inside of her ribs, it was a flower blossoming and yet it was half dead. I was fascinated with the tattoo and I asked her what it meant for her having this tattoo and why she gotten it. She replied and said “it was a mistake that I came to live with and now cherish”.
I didn’t understand the answer she gave me, so I asked her to elaborate on the questions I asked about her tattoo. The reason she has gotten that tattoos is when she broke up with her boyfriend 2 years ago, supposedly it was her first true love she wanted to hold on to that memory. The meaning of her flower was that half of it was dead symbolizing she has lost something very important; her boyfriend, and the other half was blooming symbolizing there is still hope to find another man in her life that she can love.
This made me think some mistakes in a way are not really mistakes at all like in my friend’s case. She thought it was a huge mistake, but over the 2 years she always looks at it and she remembers the good time she had and how she overcame a tough situation. I think sometimes when people say their tattoo is a mistake; it really means they just don’t want to talk about it because it is so personal to them.
As human beings we always learn more from our mistakes and struggles in life, a tattoo can capture those moments and will always remind us of our accomplishments and helps us move on with our lives. One new bit of information I learned from this, a tattoo can provide a person with closure to a bad situation. This made me rethink why people get names or faces on their bodies, it symbolizes the people they have loved or still love. So people have to realize that a tattoo is not just ink on the skin: it is a captured memory on our bodies that will always be with us till we die.
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