You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to sit down and pour your words of wisdom on the so very famous subject “Smoking is injurious to health”. Well let me give the other side of the coin (which of course for most of us doesn’t exist).
A simple cigarette can give you far more insights on the philosophy of life than any random book. Each and every cigarette is a prototype of life. As it burns, I can imagine myself burning myself in a scenario which I never desired. The lighting of the cigarette is similar to the zeal we had during our teenage to achieve something in life. Each puff burns out a part of cigarette. It marks out a remarkable similarity between the modern lives we live. The tensions of daily routines take away a certain level of liveliness from our body leaving behind a skeleton at the end of the day which is equivalent to ash since its of no further use. And as the bud left at the end of the cigarette struggles to keep itself kindled it reminds me of an old person struggling down the line in life just to be able to fulfil his daily basic routine.
However, all said and done the smoke that rises from the cigarette is an inspiration. As you struggle through life try to be the smoke that rises upwards always leaving the crowd behind. Don’t be the ash that remains behind. Struggle to enjoy and achieve something. And when the time will come for the bud stage we will at least leave the fragrance behind which will remind people of the things we achieved.
Be the smoke and not the ashes....