Leave A Legacy
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I safeguarded a Momma Hornet building a series of individual nests along the edges of our interlock driveway. We installed a ‘fence’ of sorts around these nests so she remained undisturbed.
It was the kind thing to do. She wasn’t bothering us. We didn’t want her to be bothered.
And we are well aware that the bees AND the hornets are in trouble population-wise.
This Momma Hornet’s babies and grandbabies and great-grandbabies, etc. could be the difference between having hornets in the future and not having hornets.
(Hornets are VERY beneficial. They, as one small example, keep populations of other creatures like caterpillars in balance.)
Protecting this Momma Hornet could be our legacy.
Picking up a piece of plastic so a bird or an earthworm doesn’t eat it could be our legacy.
Holding a door open for someone, making their day a bit happier so they go home to their families happier and more supportive could be our legacy.
We don’t need a gazillion dollars or grand gestures to leave a legacy.
Little actions and kindnesses change the world also.
Leave a legacy today.
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Give Positive Feedback On Great Employees
One of the (many) things the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I do to make a life a little bit nicer is…
We reach out to companies whenever one of their employees helps us and/or gives us a great experience.
For example, a cashier at a grocery store put an elastic band around our container of strawberries so the berries won’t fall out.
We noted her name, kept the receipt that had the store details, the date, and time, and we contacted the store via the feedback option on their website. We told them the cashier was amazing and was a credit to their company.
This took two minutes of our time, cost nothing, and it will likely stay in that cashier’s file forever. She might be recognized in some way. Her manager might praise her. She might get promoted. It might make her smile.
And it was easy peasy to do.
(smiles)
Tell companies when their employees are amazing.
This could make someone’s day and/or life a little bit better.
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If You Want The Butterflies…
This massive caterpillar munched his way through half of a taller-than-me mini tomato plant. I hope to see more Laurel Sphinx moths this year due to our hosting of him.
(smiles)
One of the things I often say to fellow gardeners is “If you want the butterflies, you have to feed the caterpillars.”
Caterpillars nibble on the leaves of our plants. They make the roses in our front yard, for example, look a bit ragged. They don’t kill the rose plants (the birds and yellowjackets ensure their population doesn’t become large enough to do that) but the plants aren’t the prettiest.
And the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are okay with that.
Because we love butterflies. And hosting caterpillars is the best way to ensure we have butterflies.
This is true of many things in life. To achieve a wonderful result, we have to deal with the ugly, the hard, the strenuous.
To have a published book, we need to write every single word. To have friends, we have to interact with people. Often. To be have a trash-free neighborhood, we have to pick up the trash.
Dream of the world you want.
Then do that hard work, the ugly work to make that dream a reality.
You can do this!
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