Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
- Location
- New Mexico U.S.A.
I don't know the author of this. I've had it for years. It talks about hometown pride. Thought I'd pass it on. This, of course, was written way before the present riots.
"This was the cleanest town I'd ever seen. There was no grafitti anywhere; no trash anywhere. The streets were clean. There were no junk cars anywhere. no abandoned appliances anywhere. When we arrived in town, it wasn't the kind of thing that slaps you in the face, it crept up on you. The people were proud of their town and it showed. A store owner toldme at first everyone screamed at the new ordinances. One family tried suing the city because they thought it was a violation of their personal rights,to be asked to remove three junkcars from their front yard.
As we were talking, a pair of teenage boys approached the store.and as i watched, one of them bent down and picked up a candy wrapperand threw it in a nearby garbage canas he walked by. The town had a "fresh washed" feeling about it, but it was subtle. You could hear the pride in the people's voices. when they talked about their town. From what I understand, this was started bycivic minded groups. Then the town pride took over.
When your town glistens, the urge to keep it that way is contagious. The story of the two boys really said it all to me. No onepatted them on the back, or gave them a gold star. They picked up a piece of trash because it was someplace it didn'tbelong.and brought the neighborhood down. It onlytook a second, but instead of walking by it, they picked it up and threw it away.
How long would it take to clean up a town if everyone picked up 2pieces of trash a day and threw it away? Think of howlittle effort it would take and what a difference it would make."
"This was the cleanest town I'd ever seen. There was no grafitti anywhere; no trash anywhere. The streets were clean. There were no junk cars anywhere. no abandoned appliances anywhere. When we arrived in town, it wasn't the kind of thing that slaps you in the face, it crept up on you. The people were proud of their town and it showed. A store owner toldme at first everyone screamed at the new ordinances. One family tried suing the city because they thought it was a violation of their personal rights,to be asked to remove three junkcars from their front yard.
As we were talking, a pair of teenage boys approached the store.and as i watched, one of them bent down and picked up a candy wrapperand threw it in a nearby garbage canas he walked by. The town had a "fresh washed" feeling about it, but it was subtle. You could hear the pride in the people's voices. when they talked about their town. From what I understand, this was started bycivic minded groups. Then the town pride took over.
When your town glistens, the urge to keep it that way is contagious. The story of the two boys really said it all to me. No onepatted them on the back, or gave them a gold star. They picked up a piece of trash because it was someplace it didn'tbelong.and brought the neighborhood down. It onlytook a second, but instead of walking by it, they picked it up and threw it away.
How long would it take to clean up a town if everyone picked up 2pieces of trash a day and threw it away? Think of howlittle effort it would take and what a difference it would make."
