673. thorny aliveness

the prick of the thorn
pull it out… then watch it bleed
rejoice… you’re alive  🦊❤️

The saying, “I feel alive!” has come to mean, “Yippee I feel great!!!” Does that mean that when we don’t feel “great” we don’t “feel alive”? I thought about that question when I got snagged by a thorn and watched my beautiful red blood trickle down my arm after I pulled it out. Then I thought, “Yippee I’m alive!” 🦊❤️