Arrows are all about moving forward and staying true. Tattoos of them have become popular for that very reason. Let’s face it, we all know that person in our lives that can’t just MOVE ON. The first step in triumphing over trauma is to get through it and move forward. So something terrible happened to you, we get it, life is hard. The more you hang on to that hurt though, the more it’s destined to hurt you. Learn. Grow. Live. Find a direction and move toward it. Get some distance on the past. So much to be learned from the image of the arrow.

Matt Steele is young but he’s no stranger to pain. A sentiment he shares with so many of his clients who are often marginalized because of their youth. It’s hard enough when you’re hurt, harder still when it seems like the whole world refuses to acknowledge it. Please know that even in your darkest hour, so many people in the world empathize with your pain, even if you don’t have access to them or it doesn’t feel like it. Move forward, live on. Life has so much more to offer than what the pain can take away.