Just a little thought I had triggered by a discussion with a friend. First of all I know pipe smoking and smoking cigs are two different worlds and I'm not a cigarette smoker myself but thought I would share my thoughts.
A friend was telling me of a college who smokes 30 a day and how bad it is for him and how he should know better. I won't go into massive detail of the person involved as it's largely irrelevant but lets just say their job is a stressful one.
Now this guy has been doing the same job for over twenty years he's successful at it and successful in life, kids wife house etc etc. Now most would say why would he risk his health like he's doing and risk loosing it all. This was when a thought occurred to me, What if without his cigs he couldn't cope. I know most people can but look at all the people in this world who have failed to cope just with life on a day to day basis.
I know it seems far fetched but what we achieve in life is finely balanced one different choice along the way could mean your life could end up on a totally different course. Obviously this might apply to pipes too and many other things.
What I'm getting at is people shouldn't be too quick to judge as sometimes that little thing might just be the coping mechanism that has help that person through. who knows where that guy would of been without his cigs? Only he knows
Thats my mindless ramblings over for the evening. Peace out.
A friend was telling me of a college who smokes 30 a day and how bad it is for him and how he should know better. I won't go into massive detail of the person involved as it's largely irrelevant but lets just say their job is a stressful one.
Now this guy has been doing the same job for over twenty years he's successful at it and successful in life, kids wife house etc etc. Now most would say why would he risk his health like he's doing and risk loosing it all. This was when a thought occurred to me, What if without his cigs he couldn't cope. I know most people can but look at all the people in this world who have failed to cope just with life on a day to day basis.
I know it seems far fetched but what we achieve in life is finely balanced one different choice along the way could mean your life could end up on a totally different course. Obviously this might apply to pipes too and many other things.
What I'm getting at is people shouldn't be too quick to judge as sometimes that little thing might just be the coping mechanism that has help that person through. who knows where that guy would of been without his cigs? Only he knows
Thats my mindless ramblings over for the evening. Peace out.
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