Changing habits is hard. I try but I don’t always succeed.
I care about the planet. I try to bring my own bags to the grocery store. I try not to drive too much or make unnecessary trips. I use refillable water bottles and I recycle but I don’t feel that is enough.
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Changing habits is hard. I try but I don’t always succeed.
I care about the planet. I try to bring my own bags to the grocery store. I try not to drive too much or make unnecessary trips. I use refillable water bottles and I recycle but I don’t feel that is enough.
There are times when I think my efforts are futile because I am only one person. I go to a grocery store and see the hundreds of plastic bags going out the doors and I wonder if people just don’t believe there is a problem, or is it they don’t care?
I see cars sitting idling while people run into the store and wonder why they don’t shut off the engine. And picking up kids after school, why sit in the car for 30 minutes with the engine running? If your child lives within walking distance, let them walk, or walk to meet them.
Maybe 97 percent of the world’s scientists are wrong and the planet isn’t changing because of us but what if they aren’t wrong? Can we risk that?
So, I am going to try harder. I’ll plant some trees next year, and maybe a garden to attract butterflies and bees. I will try to use less energy and less gas.
I hope you do too.