An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When life is dragging you with difficulties, it means it's going to launch you in something great. The semicolon tattoo meaning: It states that the optional semicolon continues a sentence rather than ending one like an abrupt period. Therefore, each human being is the author that chooses to keep the sentence (life) going on. Many individuals struggling with depression, self-harm and other ailments can embrace the semicolon. They can relate to the sentence-ending (life-ending) period, too.