Thursday, September 29, 2005
I am so addicted to blogging! This is such a miracle, I actually managed to update my blog for 3 successive days. What's going on with me? I am going to school everyday for my research project and yet I am NOT complaining. It's exhilirating. I'm learning more and more about cells. I came across this folktale in my daily devotion book and I thought I might like to share it here. Ever wondered why the thumb stands apart from the other four fingers on the human hand? Well, here's how it goes,
One day the five fingers were lying on a table together, when they noticed a fine gold ring across the table. "Hey," one of the fingers said, "Let's take it!". "Yeah," said the ring finger, "that would surely look good on me." They started to reach for the ring when the thumb protested. "Wait a minute, you can't do that," the thumb said. "Why not?" the fingers shouted, almost in unison. "Because it would be wrong." "Oh come on," said one of the fingers. "No one will see us." "It would be stealing," insisted the thumb. "You are nothing but a goody-goody," said the index finger. "Yeah you are a party pooper!" added another finger. "Yeah, if you're going to be that way," added the little finger, "you can't be a part of our group!' "Right!" said the other fingers. "Go away! We don't need you anymore." So the four fingers went off in their own little group and left the thumb standing alone. They thought he would give in and join them in what they wanted to do, but to this day the thumb has stood alone and refused to do what was wrong. The message I'm trying to bring across is that, many a times we know doing a certain thing is wrong but we still succumb to peer pressure. Is it human nature? We are living in such a perplex world. I myself can't seem to be like the thumb but I shall try. Alright, shall end here for the day.
