"Wooden Matches and Me"

(I)
Wooden Matches:know as friction matches.As we know, the first inventor was John Walker,an inventor from Stockton-on-Tee(North East England).

He put tips of small pieces of wood in the glue liquid mixed with antimony sulfide,potassium chloride.Then,rub the glued wooden piece on rough surface.That's the basic theory of friction matches.

Later,friction matches made by Frenchman Charles Sauria contained extra phosphorous and sulphur.By adding more sulphur,the wooden matches can burn easily while rubbing on the rough surface.

John Walker(1781-1859)[photo by google search]

Actually,I really want to talk about is phosphorus,the important chemical for wooden matches.

Phosphorus had flammable ability when direct contact with air.So,cover it up with mixed glue layer.

When we light a wooden match,the glue layer is rub away by rough surface,so the air reach the phosphorous and the flame appear.

This is the phenomenon of lighting up the wooden matches.

[photo by google search]

(II)
I peek into human heart with my imagination.Human heart is just look like a huge warehouse with many wooden matches.
There's (Ego) in human heart.I named it (phosphorus) because ego can easily turn into flame just like phosphorus.
And then,I see (Rationality) in there again.That's the (glue layer).Because rationality supress human's ego just like glue layer cover the phosphorus.
Our society may be the rough surface.If we touch with that rough society,the glue layer of heart is crack down and the phosphorus (ego) appear and turning into flame.
That flame of ego is unpredictable and can burn down our whole life,our environment and our families.It's very dangerous.
So,what should we do?We should remove away our (phosphorus)?or,we should try to improve our rough society surface into smooth one?

(III)
Well,it's just a imagination but a story of wooden matches and me.

@minthetsan