Like so many little things, you don’t think twice about it.

Until you’re without it.

Our lives held together by a tiny detail, and most don’t even know the name of it.

The aglet, that little plastic shoelace tip.

Threading eyelets and tying tidy knots becomes suddenly impossible, derailing our days

When a shoelace frays.

We think bigger is better. And more is more. But maybe enough is enough.

Maybe we should sweat the small stuff.

Without tightly-tied shoes, how can we explore, dance, run, leap, or face forever?

Maybe little things — like aglets — hold civilisation together.

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