My right thumb has been bothering me for a couple months. Physically, the condition is called “trigger finger.” The situation has improved, but it isn’t 100% yet. As I continue to look at the metaphysical mirrors to help heal the situation from an energetic standpoint, it occurred to me that some believe what distinguishes humans from most other animals is the opposable thumb and the brain function. (And because I believe my thumb condition is due to too much texting…perhaps my brain function isn’t working at 100% capacity, either!)
Is it my opposable thumbs that make me human? I think it is my ability to experience joy. I believe my ability to appreciate the bee flying around the Russian Sage bush outside my window for the beauty that it creates is what makes me human. I believe my gratitude for a gorgeous Autumn Day makes me human. My joy in listening to music and dancing makes me human. My thrill at picking apples off a tree and harvesting the winter squash in our garden makes me human. Sharing a kind word with a stranger, helping a neighbor, playing with my dog makes me human.
Of course, I realize that all these activities don’t define me as human. They define me as divine – divine but in the human form as the sensory vehicle. I don’t know how all these experiences will feel when I am no longer in the human form, but I know I will still be divine. Next time, I think I will experience all these as the bee.
Gratitude to John Hain for the creative image.