Some ideas are easier to accept from plants than from humans.

For example, the idea that prickly, painful things can be beautiful and worthy and maybe even beloved.

We just need to take a little care, leave a little room. Stop stomping around like it’s all about us.

Friends, I’m out in the desert today, taking a little care, and leaving a little room.

Whatever your current habitat, look out for the prickly things, whether cactus or human. Take a little care.