Ibid.

In a footnote, ibidem (abbreviated as “ibid.”) refers to the exact same source previously listed. The Romans used the word more literally: in that same place.

Over time, it became an academic shorthand. But it can also describe something interior.

When we reach inward for motivation or resolve, we often draw from the same few, genuine sources. The same values. The same intentions.

In the footnotes of our lives, our passions tend to point back to familiar places — ibidem.