Nature

I recently scrapped skin off my thumb knuckle while grating cheese for pasta. It stung at first and I could see the bone. The cut was about 5 mm long. Why am I writing about getting scrapped? Well, after washing the cut, I saw how blood oozed out and covered up the wound. Then it coagulated and formed a protective cover. I was just awestruck by the way we work. Not that I haven’t seen this behaviour before, but I guess when you live on your own, you pay more attention and the fact that nobody is around to make a big fuss about it, as parents and siblings usually do.

It’s interesting to see tangible and involuntary activity. The speed with which the sensors send signals to the brain, the spontaneous reaction of the brain to a problem, the implementation of a certain plan to fix the problem and continuous checking of progress or healing, all done quietly within the confines of our bodies.

We can be so sensitive and yet so strong. This juxtaposition always makes me smile. Marvellous.