August 2, 2013

• Car-vs-Body

  

  Driving along yesterday, we stopped at a red light. Beside us, a man in his SUV was smoking with his front window rolled down. Ava (7) made a very interesting comment to me about it. 

   

  Ava: Mom, why is his window down? 

  Me: Well, lots of times, when people smoke in their car, they roll down the windows so it doesn't make the car too dirty or stinky. 

  Ava: But it's making their bodies dirty and stinky on the inside when they smoke. Do they care more about their car than their bodies? 

   

  Point well made, my little one. Great observation. It ruins the value of a car for it to have been a smoker's vehicle. The air filters etc are ruined and filth permeates the interior, no matter how much you clean it. People care more about the value of their car and will roll down the windows for those reasons and for fresh air when they smoke because of it. But their bodies? Well, I guess they don't put as much value or stock in them. 

  From the mouths of babes. 

  • 12:39 pm
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