THE DREAM IN ACTION

Yesterday was Blog Action Day.  An organized effort by over 15,000 bloggers to discuss different ways to give back to Mother Earth.  It was a day to post  something related to giving back to the environment and being “green”.  Obviously, I missed it.  I was a day late but I’m still going to try and make up for it.  First, my excuse for missing the day: I lost my wallet on the train yesterday morning and spend almost half of my work day trying to cancel and re-order credit cards and identification cards and posting quite honestly completely slipped my mind.  Then at about 7:15p last evening I received a phone call from a good Samaritan, the man who found my wallet and decided to do the right and noble thing of returning it.  I love that man.

So the topic of my Blog Action Day post is this: Giving back to the environment doesn’t just mean screaming “save the whales” at a gas station.  You don’t have to protest, drive a hybrid, or only ride your bike to work in order to give back to your environment.  The man who did the right thing yesterday and gave back to man kind (in this case myself) was most definitely giving back to his environment.  Humans are the most influential beings on this planet as far as the environment goes.  We are the beings that can protect our mother earth and we are the beings that could potentially ruin her.  I honestly believe that by spreading the kind of love, care, and respect that the good Samaritan showed me yesterday we can and will have a lasting effect, and in turn greatly benefit the planet on which we live.  By having and acting upon a mutual respect for one another you will undoubtedly have a great affect on your environment.

So, in conclusion, I would just like to thank the good Samaritan who returned my wallet. You’ve saved me much stress and worry.  I gave the man all the money I had on me at the time ($27) as a display of my gratitude and it was very well worth it.  As a word of encouragement to all of you readers, follow this mans lead, give back to human kind, show mutual respect, add value to your environment.  He saved me a great bit of trouble and all he had to do was think about someone else before himself (luckily in this case I benefited greatly). 

Do the right thing, give back to your environment, give back to man kind, change the world.  Happy (belated) Blog Action day.