My little finger

I just realized that I use the keyboard with only 4 fingers of each hand. I do not use the little finger at all. Arghh..wait a minute. I use the little finger for the ‘Control’ key. I asked my coworker. He does not use much of the little finger either. We use the index finger and middle finger the most on the keyboard. Also after every word I am hitting the space bar with my thumb. If not on a keyboard where do we use our little finger? I am trying to remember all the tasks I do with my little finger. I can’t remember any that is primarily dependent on the little finger. Thumb or the index finger are the leaders. They are the most strong and the able. The ring finger has its own charm. It gets a chance to be in the limelight at least once in a lifetime. The cute little finger seems really neglected. It is there just for the support.
When I was a kid I had this fear all the time. If I do NOT use my finger it may fall down one day. “We need to use each and every part of our body or else God might take it away thinking we don’t need it”. The thought must be implanted in my mind by one of those cocky cousins. But the effect was quite serious. My mother used to spank me for spilling the things down but I would still not stop lifting the glass with my little finger. The people we come across in life are so much similar to these fingers! Some of them always lead the task from the front. Some of them share all the limelight without doing any substantial task and some of them just provide the support without getting any attention.
Whatever it is. I love all the five fingers and if someone offers me an extra thumb at the place of the little finger I will politely decline the offer :)