Without life’s wide range of experiences – the stresses, joys, anxieties, love, heartache, hardships, shared moments, isolated moments, ecstasies, and discomforts – it would be hard to distinguish the differences that make life so interesting and valuable.

With all the obstacles and circumstances thrown at us, we have to decide if what comes our way is in our control and what to do about it. If in our control, we must face the obstacle head on. If out of our control, we must accept what we cannot change and let go. Regardless of what we face, an appreciation of the moments given to us on this earth is what makes each moment worth living – and an understanding that these moments were given to us and us alone.

Sometimes experiences are made for us, and sometimes we inflict upon the situation upon ourselves – what’s important is to embrace these experiences and face them head-on, the good and the bad, and to receive all life’s challenges as a welcome opportunity to grow. To accept all these experiences as a part the journey we like to call a full life.

For ages, man has used symbols to simplify complex ideas, provide understanding and meaning to concepts, and to label identities that might be hard to grasp. The symbol in its truest form is a language used as a form of communication – but over the centuries, many times has been taken out of context, and used as a form of control, misinterpretation, or other forms of misuse. The symbol’s importance is not the symbol itself, but the meaning behind the symbol as it was originally intended.