By Elizabeth Traison for The Jew and the Carrot
I
recently observed the following conversation between a mother and her 2
or 3 year old son. We were all at a coffee shop, I was catching up on
some work for my health coaching certification on my iPad and at the
table next to me this mother-and-son duo were enjoying an afternoon
snack.
The mother had purchased a glass of tea, which came with
two paper cups; my coffee came in just one cup. Surprised by the
difference, the boy continued to ask further about coffee and tea, not
only about the heat discrepancy, but about their essence and identities.
The mother, who admitted to her son that she does drink coffee too, was baffled – taken aback, even – by her son’s curiosity.
“It’s
not that coffee is bad for you”, she started slowly, “it’s just not for
everyone”. Then she added with inflection, “all of the time”.
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