Why Do People Litter? Someone Should Do Something About It, Let"s Create Awareness!
Not long ago, I was talking to a gal who lives in New Jersey in a suburb over the river from New York City.
She indicated that there was far too much trash and garbage intercity, and she hoped that her town would do something about it, and she wanted to create awareness.
That's noble, and it would be nice if people stopped littering in her town, and of course she meant well and wanted to do something about it.
Of course, creating awareness, and talking about it may not be the fastest way to solve the problem.
Okay so, let's talk about this for second shall we? You see, if you really want to stop the littering in your city, stop looking at the government to do it, and start picking up some of the trash yourself.
In other words victory goes to the bold, to those who take action.
Do you remember that story about the young boy who started picking up starfish on the beach and throwing them back into the water? There were thousands and thousands of starfish on the beach, and the tide had receded.
He started taking the starfish and flinging them back into the ocean to save them.
Someone came up to him and asked what he was doing.
He told them he was saving starfish.
But his friend said that there were so many starfish on the beach that wouldn't really make a difference.
He picked up another starfish, flung it into the water and said I made a difference for that starfish.
So his friend started picking up starfish and flinging them into the water also.
Eventually more people came along and started helping.
Soon they were nearly completed, there were hardly any starfish left on the beach, and that new crowd of people had saved nearly all of them.
Why is that story important? Because leading by example is one of the quickest ways to get anything done.
And you cannot complete a task or a journey until you take the first step.
Creating awareness is important don't get me wrong, but so was leading by example.
If a young gal was serious about picking up the trash in her city she should get a group of her friends, and start working on one section at a time, and eventually she'd have all the awareness she needed, and perhaps people would stop throwing trash.
Why do people litter? I have no idea, I don't do that.
But if you want to stop the litter you need to do more than create awareness, you need to get out there and pick some of it up.
Please consider all this and think on.
She indicated that there was far too much trash and garbage intercity, and she hoped that her town would do something about it, and she wanted to create awareness.
That's noble, and it would be nice if people stopped littering in her town, and of course she meant well and wanted to do something about it.
Of course, creating awareness, and talking about it may not be the fastest way to solve the problem.
Okay so, let's talk about this for second shall we? You see, if you really want to stop the littering in your city, stop looking at the government to do it, and start picking up some of the trash yourself.
In other words victory goes to the bold, to those who take action.
Do you remember that story about the young boy who started picking up starfish on the beach and throwing them back into the water? There were thousands and thousands of starfish on the beach, and the tide had receded.
He started taking the starfish and flinging them back into the ocean to save them.
Someone came up to him and asked what he was doing.
He told them he was saving starfish.
But his friend said that there were so many starfish on the beach that wouldn't really make a difference.
He picked up another starfish, flung it into the water and said I made a difference for that starfish.
So his friend started picking up starfish and flinging them into the water also.
Eventually more people came along and started helping.
Soon they were nearly completed, there were hardly any starfish left on the beach, and that new crowd of people had saved nearly all of them.
Why is that story important? Because leading by example is one of the quickest ways to get anything done.
And you cannot complete a task or a journey until you take the first step.
Creating awareness is important don't get me wrong, but so was leading by example.
If a young gal was serious about picking up the trash in her city she should get a group of her friends, and start working on one section at a time, and eventually she'd have all the awareness she needed, and perhaps people would stop throwing trash.
Why do people litter? I have no idea, I don't do that.
But if you want to stop the litter you need to do more than create awareness, you need to get out there and pick some of it up.
Please consider all this and think on.
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