Make one single tangible commitment each day

People ask, what’s one thing we can do in these times right now?   I tell them:  Wake up each morning and make a tangible commitment: Today, I’m going to pick up every piece of trash I see on the street. Today, I’m going to smile at every single person that’s walking down the street and open my heart and love ’em up as good as I can and help break through the barriers of fear. Today, I’m going to meet my neighbors – I may be living next door to them for five years, and I still might not know their names; I’m going to bring them a gift basket. Today, I’m going to walk around and find out how many people in my community want to re-instate native plants into our yards. Children know hundreds of corporate logos, they don’t even know one single native plant. Let’s turn our yards, our communities, back into our watersheds – something that simple. When you commit yourself to something tangible each day, you feel the results. And it inspires you to do more.

Interview with Michael Toms, New Dimensions Radio, 2002