Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind.

~ Plato

SOLITARY.

It can be a confinement …

… or it it can be AN ENLIGHTMENT!

Today is a very special day:

“Ancestor Apreciation Day“

With that, did you know that on most family trees, the number of ancestors starts at two (your parents), then doubles going back many generations? This means that if a rudimentary calculation of “YOU” going back a few generations is accurate, you likely have upwards of 60 great great great grandparents. Those are your “people”! The strangers in very strange and likely hostile and lonely lands who started the story of YOU! Every single one of them is watching over, praying for, and propelling you forward through the often hostile and lonely lands you travel and catching you when you fall.

Call them your angels. Call them your ghosts. Call them whatever in or OUT of this world you want, but never forget that they were – NO – they ARE a very real part of your heart, soul, psyche, DNA, and exactly who, why, and where you were meant to be: “HERE”! You’re here for a reason, and no, you are never alone no matter how alone you are. You have a tribe. You have some people. Just because you can’t see them, it doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

Look into the mirror, my friend. You are them. They are you. REPRESENT and REIGN PROUDLY in their honor! After everything they went through to make YOU happen, don’t they deserve the very best version of you?

Long live the ancient kings, queens, survivors, and conquerors of your past, and long live YOU. Don’t you DARE forget who you are, the ashes you’ve risen from, and that someday YOU’LL be an ancestor, too. Live with intention … speak impeccably … and “REMEMBER” to make every footstep count. YOUR peoples’ survival is depending on you!