leave this world better than I found it

Last week, as I was waiting for Paul to get home from work, I heard a knock on the door. I ran over to answer it, thinking “Paul has a key, why isn’t he just letting himself in?” I threw open the door, and there was a lady, clipboard in hand, asking me if I knew about the campaign. I had heard of some things about it, but I patiently listened to her talk about what the groups goals were.

Since I live in a state surrounded by freshwater lakes, I’ve always been passionate about keeping our Great Lakes clean. Eagerly, I asked if there was a form I could sign, but instead she told me that they were asking people to type a letter to Michigan’s senators.

I typed six of them.

which was with the man who was to become my life partner, he told me that his family had a rule to always leave a campsite cleaner than you found it. It struck me then, as it struck me again today, that this is certainly a good guiding principle for life in general.

Clearly not a goal that I’ll ever be able to cross off my list, but I hope having it here will at least remind me.