Today I pulled on my knee-high boots,
several layers on top,
hat and work gloves.
Went to the potting
shed and pulled out our old red wheelbarrow.
Walked three blocks down the hill to our wooded lot to clean up
stuff.
I found a
dozen lottery tickets,
bottles of various shapes and sizes,
plastic bags, dog dish,
newspaper
inserts, chip bags,
insulation,
booster seat box,
cups and
our
neighbor's water bill.
Picking up the
trash was worth it to find my neighbor’s water bill.
A gentle couple, in their late eighties
or early nineties,
their water bill
must have
flown out of her hand when she went to get the mail.
I pushed the wheelbarrow back up the hill, picking up more
stuff along the way. I’m ready to go to
the fast food restaurants and say,
"Please have a surcharge for your disposable
stuff."
I want to take it to them and ask
them to throw it away!
An hour later, I’m back up the hill and drying off the water
bill.
Thank goodness all the stuff fit
in my garbage can!
And that’s how I
spent an hour of my day,
what did you do?
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
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What a worthwhile and generous way to spend an hour of your day. I'm curious how your neighbor responded to receiving the water bill (did they notice it was gone?).
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what you find laying around. I remember when we bought our house there was this gigantic half dead pine tree in the front yard that needed to be removed. We couldn't believe all the stuff we found under the tree: pans, street signs, a golf club. Your hour made me think back to that time.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Can you come over to my place with your wheel barrow?? Haha.. I- coincidentally- live three doors down from a restaurant and garbage blows down our street all th etime. I'm forever picking up nasty trash. :) I love the picture you set, with you in your knee high boots.
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