The other day a friend of mine finished putting her groceries in her car and walked a few short feet away to place her cart in the cart return. As she was walking back a lady walked past her pushing her cart and said "You make me feel guilty" - the lady was going to leave her cart next to her car when she knew the right thing to do was put it in the return. Watching my friend reminded her of that.
Letting someone in traffic is a nice gesture and one that can spark others to do the same just from your example.
You see, someone is always watching. Watching to see if you pick up the piece of trash on the ground and throw it away, seeing if you'll hold the door open for them, or letting someone with one or two items cut in front of you in the check out line.
Children pay special attention to people, espcially loved ones. They not only wait to see what you're going to do, they listen to everything you say and then turn around and say or do the same - and sometimes they're not even your children!
Which brings us to an extremely important question - what type of role model do you want to be? What example do you want to set? I think it is very important that people be themselves, but most of us know the difference between right and wrong and doing what is right is a great feeling. Then watching someone else do what is right because of something you did is an even better feeling. There's a commercial that demonstrates this. The lady stops the guy from crossing the street when cars are coming and then they show the situations that led up to that action. It was all started by one person doing something right and helping someone out. Someone setting a good example.
I always try to think before taking action. I'll ask myself "what are the consequences" and "am I doing something I wouldn't care if anyone knew about" because someone is always watching and listening.
What type of example do I want to be? A positive one.
