16Jun/120
Drink the Wild Air
This is Twila's tattoo:
I dropped 'salubrity' for the sake of brevity and simplicity, but the word means the quality of being favorable to good health and well-being. These words... 'drink the wild air', had a profound effect on me as I was working my way through a deep depression, fighting the darkest of days where negative thoughts consumed me and even breathing seemed to be a difficult struggle. So I had these words tattooed on my inner right forearm. I am right handed so this beautiful reminder to keep breathing in and drinking life {come what may} is constantly before me, and then against my heart when my arm is crossed over my chest.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea,
Drink the wild air's salubrity:
When the star Canope shines in May,
Shepherds are thankful and nations gay.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Merlin's Song
(The font is called 'Jellyka Delcious Cake'.)
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