Smokers

Hey there,

Today I had a man get onto the bus and stand next to me after he had just come from outside smoking. Now I realize this is a normal occurence for some but I felt troubled by it. As he came on, I said to myself "great now I have to take in that smoke and so does my unborn child". Now I'm not too sure about how second hand smoke affects your baby but I'm assuming it can't be good. I thought "how inconsiderate of him to come on and have everyone else have to inhale this toxic smoke". Of course I can't expect him to be considerate of me or anyone else because he's not very considerate of his own health. After all if he was he would consider not smoking. I had another incident where a messenger brought a package to me with smoke lingering on the envelope. I called the office he works for and they told me that the messengers are allowed to smoke and that it could also be where the package came from. I know everyone is allowed to be free but now my nose is itchy and eyes irritated because of this. Perhaps this is another topic to write about on work related justice.

However I began to think about what his life might be like and what may be the causes of why he smokes. These things I will never know because I won't ask and I'm not in relationship with him so I don't reallly have a right to get in his business. I definitely thought that I'm not necessarily mad with him but the thing that holds him. This thing called addiction!

The addiction speaks to him telling him he needs this substance in order to feel better knowing that if he were to let go of the addiction, he really would be free and feel fantastic. Addictions, no matter what it is towards, will always hold you and lie to you making you think you need them even though they are not healthy in the least.

I thoroughly dislike you addictions and wish you would leave people alone. However I believe people need to believe that they are stronger than the addiction and can be free from it. Perhaps an alternative would be to consider a healthier obsession like love. True love wouldn't allow for someone to harm themself and would help us to consider our fellow neighbour. True love cares!

Ahh, True love...continue to grip people and release them from those nasty addictions!

Koliah