To @Jaynie | A Short Thank You Message

I have a feeling that this style will connect with him... I hope I am not wrong,

Your intuition is not wrong. The style really connects with me. Am in awe!

Hello everyone, 👋

Just the other day, scrolling through my feed, reading different updates, sharing my thoughts with the writers, I came across this Post by Hive account@jaynie. Here is a short message to show my gratitude towards her kind actions, and most of all....The most beautiful abstract symbol I have come across. What's more, it is actually dedicated to me... guys am on cloud nine...

"We all have words which resonate with us on a personal level – much like the names of people or places do as well… but we don’t necessarily want to “sport them” just like that - especially if it is something personal or emotionally connected. That is where symbolism comes in and is one of the reasons I love it so much! It has a natural “attention grabbing” ability, without actually “spelling it out” – if you catch my drift."
Jaynie

For a while now, I have been considering having a few tattoos done on me, but something kept holding me off; having a tattoo, that represents something so personal to me but that anyone by just looking at will get what it really means. I was not so sure how to even go about it, I really want a tattoo, but I love being more mysterious...

I was aware of symbolism, but only in poetry and writing, I hadn't thought of it outside those two realms, after going through the post, I knew I was hooked, this is exactly what I have been looking for, I was not actively looking but coming across it, my heart just knew it. I was actually surprised that there was an offer for free symbols created by just sharing a word down in the comments. I immediately just did that, my intrigued self sharing two words rather than one, lol, I was that excited...

I decided to share two words, but am glad Hive account@jaynie choose the first word, "Kaizen", well the second was more like three words rather than one. lol. It is a Japanese word for continuous improvement. So you are not off, since it actually does represent a "change for the better," through small but continuous increments on what already is there. It shifts the focus from the end goal which thinking about only leads to lots of anxiety as I have come to realize, to the current state one is in and just focusing on improving not by much, just a little. Eventually creating a routine focused on small increments and improvements.

I came across it sometimes back when I was feeling super lost, wasn't sure whether I was heading forwards or backwards, or even what was the point in moving at all. I was stuck in an existential crisis. I was actively trying to get out of the state, but looking at the amount of work and effort it required, I would just be too anxious and most of the time slip back right into a state of helplessness.

When dealing with some states, it is very easy to give it all up due to the lack of any physical signs of actual progress, without an internal mental model which focuses on improvement rather than actually being free of the condition, it is easy to think all the efforts are for naught. But with KAIZEN, I could focus not on the end but rather improving from where I was yesterday, only, later on, do I get to realize ooh, I am actually getting better at dealing with it all.

I am beyond touched, seeing the designs. I am not even sure there are words enough to describe my gratitude. The design represents so much to me, it means I can finally make plans and get a tattoo out of it, I can have it printed and hang it on my wall as a constant reminder when things get tough. Unless I choose to tell the story behind the symbol, no one will ever decipher what it actually means, and so I can display it in public without any fear.

On top of being artistic and so beautiful, it has a simplistic feel towards it. It is minimal but it holds and means so much, indeed sophisticated.

Thank you Hive account@jaynie I have never been this touched before. May you continue to prosper and may your art creations continue to touch many many others. Thank you for taking your time, and effort to come up with the initiative in the first place, offer a few pro bono offers, take the time to research what the word means, finally get to work and turn it from just a word, to a work of art, a symbol that only a few will ever get to grasp what it really means, to others it will be just an abstract formation. It perfectly integrates into my mysterious nature, I can't thank you enough.

All the rewards from this post, will 100% go to Hive account@jaynie. It is the least I can do.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you soo much!