I was grocery shopping with my partner yesterday in a supermarket since we're hosting Easter dinner for family. As we were passing the fish counter, my partner said, "Look at that crab trying to escape the tank!" It was quite astounding. The crab had reached up and grabbed the top of the tank with its claw and was close to scurrying over it. Then it lost its footing and fell to the bottom. But just as quickly, it headed for the top again.

I stood in the aisle transfixed and was startled when the crab looked sideways at me with one eye. We made a telepathic connection. I felt its anguish and its deep yearning to be free to such an extent that I wanted to just stand there and weep under all those ugly, fluorescent lights as the shoppers jostled by.

That crab reflected perfectly how I was feeling. The rest of his buddies had settled apathetically on the bottom of the tank, resigned to their fate. But not this tenacious crab! "Keep going," he seemed to say through the glass. "Because one day we're both going to bust out of these cages. Free at last." Just what I needed to hear since I was feeling discouraged, weary, and out of fire. Such welcomed synchronicity. Thank you, Universe.

So here's a song for my badass friend, the crab, and for all the badass rebels out there.

"I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going
To keep me down!"

https://youtu.be/2H5uWRjFsGc

BTW, Open, Mustang Sally! One of my absolute faves. A big yes to primal, soulful power and to revving up that Mustang on a speedway one day at the right time and in the right place ha! :)

x Cathy