Be the first

After “It’s too late”, “no one else is doing it” is one of the lousiest excuses ever. At one point in time, everyone ate their meat raw. Someone was the first one to cook meat. There had to have been a first person. And now most people eat it that way. At one point in time, everyone lived in caves rather than in man-made structures. Someone was the first person to create a home. There had to be a first person. And now most people live that way.

There is always a first person. There is always somebody who decides that this has to change, that it should change, that it shall change, and the change will start with them.

Be the first person. I assure you, in many cases, you just don’t see the others already doing their part. You don’t know how many people are volunteering at the food pantry until you volunteer there yourself. You don’t know how many people are cleaning up the trash along the road until you’re out there doing it yourself and you meet someone else doing the exact same thing.

Or perhaps you will be the first person. But there will soon enough be a second. And a third. You will not be alone for long. But do. What you can, where you can. Just do. Because it needs to be done and because you can. Good luck.