Not Size, But Depth

This morning, my last finger was pierced by a very small metal splinter, as I pushed open the office door to go to the toilet. Looking at this tiny shiny foreign body sticking out near my fingernail, I casually pinched it out with my two fingers, as it looked so small & harmless.

The moment I removed the tiny splinter, blood started to ooze out of that small little wound! I was in a semi state of shock coz I didn't expect blood to just start dripping out of such a tiny cut! I quickly rushed to the toilet & washed the cut. It was scary to see blood still oozing out.

So I applied firm pressure on that cut & counted to 100. During this time, I tried to reassure myself of the times in the past where I had such sudden cuts & bleeding that was much worse than this. I felt a tingling in that corner of my last finger & after counting to 100, I released the pressure & the blood had stopped oozing out!

I was so thankful, coz I had to rush back to my desk to continue clearing my work. After this incident, I grew wary of that door, whenever I had to push it. Lesson to be learnt - don't underestimate something as simple as pushing open a door... be it a wooden or metal door...

At that moment, it also dawned upon me that sometimes it's not the size of the infliction, but the depth of the infliction that really stirs up much trouble. Do not underestimate something as tiny as a very small splinter. Furthermore, it's precisely because we can't really see it, that's why we ought to be careful. It's not the size, but the depth...