While you are out and about pick up a piece of trash and throw it away. So many people just walk by garbage on the ground. Then they shake their head and talk about how terrible their neighborhood is becoming or how dirty this area of the city is. If they do nothing about it.
I remember growing up seeing that commercial with the Indian in the single tear running down his cheek as they talk about all the pollution and garbage thrown out of car windows and such. I guess I took at the heart because I learned that when garbage is really out there and it's really not bad. If everybody picked up a piece of garbage today and put it in the trash receptacle our society would be much cleaner.
Instead we have people that rolled her car out of the car and then leave the car right beside their car and drive away. Even though there's a cart corral 10 steps away they leave it right there because they don't want to be inconvenienced. Very sad! That says a lot about what people think and who they are focused on.
One of my overriding goals in life has been to make things a little bit better around me. I've been somewhat successful at that, I'm not always very good at it, but I have made the effort. It's such a small thing and people look down on anybody who picks up garbage. But we all do it in one way or another.
I remember when I joined the church. The pastor said that we like people to serve in our church because it helps keep them engaged in the plugged into what's going on. And he asked what I would like to do and what area I would like to serve in. When I said that I wanted to serve in the bathroom cleaning area between services he was shot. And even asked are you sure? But I really want I saw that as somewhere I can serve felt like that's what I need do. People that go to church that don't normally go to church tend to rush off to the bathroom instead of engage with people. If they go in the bathroom and they see paper towels on the floor around the base of the garbage can or they see soapy water splashed all over the counters were people were sloppy and didn't clean up after themselves they might get turned off because the church doesn't even care to keep the bathrooms clean and presentable. And so I felt like that's where I needed to be where I needed to do things. And I did!
I guess what I'm trying to say is one of the easiest ways that you can help improve our society is to pick up a piece of garbage today. Good luck!
