If we want the world to be a better place, it’s up to us to set the example. We need to live our lives in such a manner that when others think of kindness, caring, fairness and integrity, they think of us. This begins with things that are simple and easy to do like: returning your shopping cart. Picking up a piece of trash that someone else left. Holding the door for someone behind you. Letting someone into your lane. Smiling at everyone including strangers. Paying someone a compliment. Listening when someone needs to talk. Tipping your server. Pushing your chair back when you get up from a table. Making sure your trash winds up in a trash receptacle. And if you smoke, make sure you put cigarette butts in an ash tray instead of throwing them out the car window. Each of these behaviors has a ripple effect which means that when people see you doing them, they will tend to copy you. This is how we make the world a better place. We have to be the change that we want to see!
