I loved my Dad. I miss my Dad. He passed on Feb 2, 2002. I can tell you that I appreciate him more and more as the years go by.
One of the things that he ingrained in me was this... "always leave a thing better than you found it." If someone loans you their car, return it cleaned and full of gas. If they loan you a shovel, return it cleaned and oiled. [a shovel oiled? that is a discussion for another day.] What ever people do for you, try to return it better than you found it.
Do not be a consumer of other people's things. Bless them back for the gift of whatever they loaned you.
And so I was out of town on a work trip. I was in Lexington, KY. The rental truck was awesome. But I noticed that the passenger side floor mat was encrusted with what looked to me like salt. I didn't do it. I didn't cause it. I have no idea how it got there.
But my Dad's words... there was no way that I was going to leave it like that...
So I took the floor mat out. I took it up to the room and gave it a bath. It shall be returned to Enterprise rental as my father requested... better than I found it.
I always feel good when I make an intentional decision to act in this way. May we all leave the world better than we found it.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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