RUNNING CAR ENGINES - A METAPHOR FOR CULTURAL BELIEFS

My friend, visiting me from Germany, was shocked. Whispered in my ears ..... "why is the engine running? So long already? Let me explain.....

My friend, visiting me from Germany, was shocked. Whispered in my ears ..... "why is the engine running? So long already? Isn't nobody saying anything?"

The car is parked. But the engine kept running in front of my relative's house.
In Malaysia, that’s normal.

You’ll see it in shoplots, in driveways, even in conversations:
“It’s too hot.”
“It’s bad for the engine to switch it off.”
“It’s just for a few minutes.”

No one blinks. No one questions it.
Because here, it’s not about the car.
It’s about what people believe to be true.

About heat. Safety. Social norms.

Meanwhile in Europe, that same habit?

Illegal. Frowned upon. Fined (heavy!!)

Because there, the belief is different.
“You're wasting fuel.”
“You’re polluting the air.”
“Turn the engine off.”

Same act.
Same physics.
Different mental model.

And that’s the point.
A belief isn’t about facts.

It’s about what your environment makes feel true.

It’s what people around you accept without thinking.
It’s what keeps running — even when you're not going anywhere.

And unless someone shows you the cost,

You’ll let it idle.
The car.
The story in your head.
The habit that was never yours, but feels like it.

And maybe that’s where belief change begins:

With a pause.
A question.
A moment of “Why am I still running this?”

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