Something Small and Trivial

Kim Im-suk from Daegu, Korea

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My sister-in-law runs a restaurant by herself. When she asked me to help her with wallpapering the hall, I immediately went over to her place with comfortable clothes.

“I think we have to tear it down from the upper part,” I said to her.

Then she brought out a small ladder from the storage. I climbed up the ladder and moved my arms around to tear down the wallpaper. At that moment, I fell off the ladder and landed on my hip. Surprised, my sister-in-law rushed up to help me stand up.

“Are you okay? That’s strange. This ladder isn’t that weak.”

As she was sorry about that, I reassured her that I was fine. Then I picked up the ladder and examined it carefully before climbing back up the ladder, because I didn’t want to fall again. I found a small pin missing, which could have caused a big accident. Did I not take something lightly and miss it in my life of faith? I need to examine everything carefully again, so that I will not fall because of something small and trivial.