Finger tips philosophy

A couple of months back when I attended a wedding, one of the speakers asked us to do this. I found it interesting, and at the same time thought whoever thought this up must have had nothing better to do. :P In any case, I finally found a photo to go with it so thought of sharing:

Open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back.

Then open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip.

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents), they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.

Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings), they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children), they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse). You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT, because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives
through thick and thin!!

And here's some more interesting stuff from a forwarded email:

Have you ever wondered why should the wedding ring be worn on the Ring finger?

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese:

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
& the Last (Little) finger represents your children.

Hmmm... this last one reminded me of a little time-pass game we used to play as toddlers. In Gujarati, we call it "aa koni gaay?" (whose cow is this?) and we would assign each finger to our family members' cows. Pretty funny, it used to be! :D