Odoriferous

As parents, we instill a moral responsibility in our children to be kind and considerate to people of all walks of life. The color of their skin and gender do not mean we have superiority over another. The way a person dresses is a personal choice, and should not be treated differently because they don't fit into our ideology. But how about the way a person smells? They too should not be treated with disrespect, but its hard to start up a conversation with the guy, whose breath smells of stale coffee, and who insists on putting his face within three inches of yours, and taking a deep breath, to then exhale a long 'hello', into your supply of oxygen. Then there's the person who feels bathing is an option, and smoking is a necessity. Some try to cover body funk with a splash or twelve of perfume, others feel the lingering stench of the cheapest cigarette on the market, is actually an attractive scent. Next is the little old lady wearing her winter coat in July, with the stash of moth balls in her pockets. Or, perhaps the same little old lady who happens to live with 46 cats, 7 dogs, and a guinea pig, covered in pet hair, and smells like a kennel. The human race sure is a smelly bunch. But we're not alone on this earth. Walk through the zoo sometime, and stop to take a deep breath near the gorillas, or the elephants. Go fishing for a day and see how your hands smell afterwards. That scent doesn't easily wash off. So even though we're a funky bunch, every other living species has to put up with the stale waft of each other also. All I'm saying is, try to love them for who they are, and not for what they've been rolling in.