When is the last time you stopped to look around at the amount of garbage you live around? I did that today and could not believe how much trash surrounds me. Today I grabbed a trash bag and my eight-year-old son and I embarked on a neighborhood trash collection adventure. I can say that I have never in my life intentionally gone out to collect street garbage unless it was on a "clean-up" day. Clearly we need more of those scheduled based on the amount of rubbish (love that word) my son and I collected from our streets today.
We embarked on this adventure and made it only fifty feet from our house when we discovered our trash bag was half full.
I walk up and down my neighborhood streets every single day and I have NEVER EVER noticed that much garbage. When I started looking for it....it was there.
Are there other things I haven't noticed? How many things do I choose to ignore or look past? How many things do I walk past, notice, but then say to myself "it's inconvenient to deal with this" "someone else will handle this".
I think there are many times in my life where I have decided to look past the garbage and not take the time to bend down and deal with the issue. Many times where I have seen it but ignored it. Many times I have wished it would blow away or someone else would pick it up (clearly I am not talking literally about garbage at this point).
Today was the day I forced myself to look down and observe my surroundings as I took each step. I really looked to see where I was going. I looked to see the road in front of me.
I learned I dont want to ignore the garbage anymore. I will deal with it as it lays on the road ahead of me. I figured out that along with ignoring the garbage I might also be ignoring or looking past other really special things. I am done with that now and my eyes are wide open to both the rubbish and the beauty on my path ahead.
On a side note:
My son has eagle eyes if you need to borrow him to help pick trash up in your neighborhood.
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