Japanese Beads

I have this bracelet, my best friends brother went to Japan and her mom asked him to bring me back something... and the bracelet's what his chaperone brought back, At first it was just a nifty purple bracelet, with a large bead on the end, the bead has a hole in it, from both sides... at first I thought it was just a bead that caught light...
Tonight, I noticed something inside the bead, so I looked closer at it... There's a little Samurai, and there's a little writing to the side. This isn't really important, but it's surprising how long it took to finally to understand such a small simple piece of information that someone else might get from the beginning with a clue, but without a clue...
you're screwed.

But... why's life going by so fast that it takes months to notice such a small little thing...

Why don't we pay attention to the little things anymore?