Small things do matter

My right ankle

I am not a narcissist.  I do have issues but narcissism is not one of them.  I choose to feature my ankle as it has been a feature of my week.  And why?  It hurts,

I do not know what happened but I do know it hurts and has been causing me somewhat discomfort and greater challenges as I move around my Bangkok on foot and by public transport.  I notice the stairs getting on and off the buses.  I face the challenge of jumping on and off songtaews.  I feel the ever bumpy footpaths.  Then there are all those stairs for pedestrian bridges and for accessing the skytrain.  Going up is a lot easier than going down. 

It makes me realize that little things do matter and we can just take so much for granted until something untoward happens.  It makes me think that the way to go is to face reality and deal with it, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.  The little things going wrong give us a needed warning in life.  I say that but I know how we like to avoid the hard bits until at times on some hard facts it may be just too late.  In the words of a good friend who is smart, if it doesn't work, fix it.