Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Mile Of Trash


--by kristi1, posted Aug 7, 2014
Today I walked the mile to the end of the main road by our house, to the beautiful corn-fields and farm-land.

As I prepared to walk the mile back I pulled out a big clear trash-bag. Then I started filling it with the beer cans, cigarette packs, lottery tickets and other trash that people throw out their car windows. 

Along the way a couple of friends and strangers stopped to thank me for doing it. But I also hope that many more people noticed what I was doing and perhaps they will think twice before throwing things "away" next time. As we know there is no "away." 

I now have a giant bag of trash and recyclables to sort out to keep the kindness going. I love doing this for my neighborhood and for our community.
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Readers Comments

vanessasw wrote: I thank you for this service to humankind. And mother earth thanks you too!
Lee Correy wrote: Thank you for clearing the road ahead.
Elly wrote: This is a wonderful act of kindness! I've done this with a garbage bag but i do it in small ways everyday.
This small act makes me feel like i am on the wings of an eagle. Awesome.
padma uppalapati wrote: Simple and elegant idea. I am inspired to do this. My daughter would love this idea as she always trying to do this without any plan.
LouiseA wrote: A valuable service and you are a fine example to careless people who dump their trash anywhere. My brother picks up litter in a local park whenever he walks his dog.
sandyremillard wrote: Lovely of you to do that. You are being an example, you are cleaning our mother earth, by law of attraction you will receive lots of blessings. You are reinforcing "as it is up here, it is down here. You name it! You've made a big ripple. You may get to see the results, but if you don't everybody on higher levels recognizes your effort and we thank you!
snowyegret7 wrote: I love your Rumi quote. Thanks for making the world a more beautiful place!
cedarcreekdon wrote: Good for you. Maybe others will notice and think twice about throwing trash on the road.
jomartin87112 wrote: "there is no away"!!! love that! so to the heart of the matter. and good for you - thank you!

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