Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 347 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond

Just recently, I was walking down the street and there was a restaurant on the corner. A man stepped out of that restaurant and in his hand he had a toothpick wrapped in cellophane. I saw him take out the toothpick from the cellophane wrapper and threw the wrapper on the ground, and kept on walking. I picked up the wrapper and put it in the garbage can.

It occurred to me, why did this man throw the wrapper on the ground? If this was his home, would he do that? Would he just throw it on the floor? I ask you the question, “If you are at home and you open up a drawer, do you push it back? If you open up a closet and you take something out of the cabinet, do you close the door? When you sit at the table and you pull a chair to sit down, as you walk away, do you push the chair back where it belongs?”

You should know, it does make a difference.

Somebody may say, "Oh, what is the difference? I mean, it's just a piece of cellophane, that's all it is. Why make such a big deal out of it?"

I'll tell you what makes a difference, it's the habit.

It's the habit that makes a difference, primarily for you because you are that person. It does make a small contribution by not leaving trash on the ground. But, what it does mostly is give you the incredible feeling of self-worth because you have good habits; and that's a great deal. Good habits of things that you do when things are supposed to be finished and finished by you. It is the same when you have a car that you've rented and returned it to the rental company all clean; or you leave a hotel room where you've been there for a short period of time and you straighten things up before leaving.

Good habits should be the way that you do things. It's the way that you live, and what it does, is that it makes you feel good about yourself and the person that you are. That's self-worth habits.

Everyone may say, "Why do it? What's the big deal about this?"

I got a good answer for that one. Why not? If it's so easy to do, why not do it? Why not contribute? Why not help everything and everyone live a unique lifestyle and make things better? It's those little things that add up to a big thing, and that's what it does. And if it makes you feel good about yourself, then it's all worth it.

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