So I had really weird dreams last night and that has brought
on this post. I have never thought about how important the pinky finger is….really
look it up on Wikipedia if you don’t believe me! It controls grip and balance
in the hand. If you didn’t stick it out while drinking tea you would spill everywhere.
If it is a slight bit of track it can ruin the movement of the other
fingers. QAZ will never again be easy to
reach! My point is I didn’t realize how important it was until I couldn’t use
it!
This leads me to a story that leads to my dream that leads
me to my point. It’s my blog I feel I
can digress as I see fit! When I was in
high school I was in the marching band…big surprise I know…and there was this
kid who had face surgery and there for could not play an instrument that year…we
will call him Jack. So for that entire marching season Jack was in charge of
helping the band prep for games and rehearsals and such, he became the band
manager if you will or even more so a mascot. NOW my point is he was always helping
to make sure we took the things we needed to games, and even made sure everyone
had a sharp pencil to write notes in our music. We didn’t realize how important
he had become until his jaw healed and we didn’t have him anymore. Music was lost; people forgot shit…THERE WAS
NOT A SHARP PENCIL IN THE HOUSE! Jack was a pinky finger, we didn’t realize how
much we needed him, and he gave us strength and balance.
SOOO in my dream last
night bailey and I were time traveling (we had found a computer that took us
back in time and we were blowing people’s minds with our Iphones and Blue tooth
technology…..visualize….it was kinda awesome like Michael Bay film awesome…however
I digress) and I made a point in my dream to go back and thank him for all his
work because I didn’t do it at the time…he was just a pinky finger.
I woke up from the
dream and began to think of all the things in my life that are pinky fingers…things
I take for granted every day but are vitally important. I feel we all have
pinky fingers in our lives. For example I could draw a parallel here between my
pinky finger and my wife…how I didn’t realize how much I need her and how much
she is a balance point, how she gives me strength. However that’s not fair to
her because she is much more than that but then I would have to explain how she
is more than a pinky but rather an entire half of me but that’s a whole other story.
I guess what I’m trying to say is take a look at your “fingers” today, at work,
at home, at school. Tell someone thanks even if it is for something they do
everyday because you don’t want to find out to late just how important your
pinky finger is.
