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Apr 17, 2008
"Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape." --J.D. Zeik
The Mowing Mailman
Iron banisters flank the front steps of Jack's little blue house. Two summers ago, they were covered with vines. To get the mail to the front door, mailman Eric Wills had to fight through a jungle. Wills didn't know much about Jack, except that he was old and seldom got out. For weeks, the mailman struggled through the thicket, frustrated with the man's unkempt grounds. One day, he heard a voice inside himself saying, "Someone should mow that yard!" And an answering voice from within that said simply, "Me." For the last two years now, 30-year-old mailman Wills has spent his days off in an unusual way -- he mows older people's yards for free. And along the way he has touched the heart of the community he serves in incredible ways.
BE THE CHANGE
Do you see something outside of your realm of responsibility that calls out to be taken care of or fixed? Do it this week.
