leave everything a little better than i found it

and I don’t feel like I need to track my progress on it. I believe I will continue to do this as long as I can.

A couple of months ago I was in a wreck. It was scary, expensive and painful. No one at the scene stepped forward to say “I saw what happened.”

This week I drove a familiar, short stretch of road I drive all the time. It’s residential, speed limit 25 mph. As I drove toward a little intersection the pickup truck coming toward me was hit by a car that was clearly speeding and didn’t even slow down for the stop sign. Ten seconds later, he would have hit me, not the truck. I stopped, got out to make sure everyone was breathing and gave my card to the man, badly shaken, in the truck. I told him I was a witness and would be happy to tell what I’d seen and that I’d seen it all.

I think the other guy was high or drunk and I’d wager he’s not insured, either. I just hope my willingness to testify improves what I know is a really sucky experience!

I pugged about 500 lbs of clay so my prof wouldn’t have to. He hates the task; I don’t mind it. When I quit to glaze my pots he came back from lunch and saw that the dreaded job was done and he was free to go on to the next task, one he likes better. I think this qualifies!

She always made us scrub our apartment when we moved. One time I reminded her that when we moved in it was dirty and I couldn’t understand why we had to clean it when we left. She said I would never go wrong if I always left everything a little better than when I found it. She was right.