12-29-2007, 08:52 AM
This thread is awesome...and I agree that tourists are not the main culprits. Volunteering can start on a really small level. Tony and I were leaving Ben Franklin's the other day and there was one of those plastic bags laying in the parking lot and everyone was walking over and around it. It bugged me so I just picked it up and walked the "inconvenient" 20 steps to the nearest rubbish can and threw it out.
I think many times people think doing the right thing is inconvenient to them. I always find that after I have been inconvenienced to either go out of my way a little or undo something that I did incorrectly, I feel better. There is a pay-off for doing the right thing.
Kudos to Carey...she is always involved on a very big level. I am grateful to know Jim and Carey. They make a big difference for this district.
Oh yeah - we had a corvair and it always smelled like gasoline.
Carrie
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http://thedb.com/vintageandvelvet
“Some people bring happiness ‘wherever’ they go, others - ‘whenever’ they go.” - Oscar Wilde
I think many times people think doing the right thing is inconvenient to them. I always find that after I have been inconvenienced to either go out of my way a little or undo something that I did incorrectly, I feel better. There is a pay-off for doing the right thing.
Kudos to Carey...she is always involved on a very big level. I am grateful to know Jim and Carey. They make a big difference for this district.
Oh yeah - we had a corvair and it always smelled like gasoline.
Carrie
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
http://thedb.com/vintageandvelvet
“Some people bring happiness ‘wherever’ they go, others - ‘whenever’ they go.” - Oscar Wilde
Carrie
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
http://www.vintageandvelvet.blogspot.com
"Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head..." U2
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
http://www.vintageandvelvet.blogspot.com
"Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head..." U2