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Spine Language: The Activist Backbone | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
Jan. 29, 2014
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
- Rumi
From top to bottom, the human spine is made up of 33 bones -- called vertebrae -- connected by ligaments and muscles to form the spinal column, which protects the spinal cord: a pillar of nerves that connects your brain to the rest of your body.
Without a spinal cord, you could not move your body.
Without a spine, you could not stand tall and keep yourself upright.
Uh-oh, I smell a metaphor brewing…
Without a healthy backbone -- figuratively speaking -- we cannot stand up for ourselves… or others. We are symbolically spineless.
As the folks at HealingKeys.com add: “The spine symbolizes our strength, courage, being centered and uprightness. Problems with our spine indicate feelings of weakness and fear. We have lost our centeredness and emotional integrity and are feeling overburdened.
One might say that when we feel weak or overburdened, we are, in a way, spineless. But when we’re centered and in touch with our emotional integrity, we are, well, occupying backbone.
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http://worldnewstrust.com/spine-language-the-activist-backbone-mickey-z
