"If each of us would only sweep our own doorstep...
...the whole world would be clean."
– Mother Teresa
Cleaning forms the core of the human project.
Civilization matters.
It starts with individual responsibility.
It starts with individual responsibility.
Love human culture. Celebrate the great creative project of civilization. Have no shame about your humanity. The unintended consequences and seemingly insurmountable global problems do not negate the magnificence of what it is to be human.
The problems retreat when we embrace the greatness in our humanity.
It starts with individual responsibility.
It starts with individual responsibility.
It starts with individual responsibility.
…which starts with self care. It matters what you do and don't do. Opt in. Engage with life. Reject the imposition of victimhood onto your identity.
Your greatness is always outside your comfort zone. It always makes others uncomfortable too, until they see the light. Taking responsibility for your greatness fuels the great project of civilization.
Collective effort keeps it going.
It starts with individual responsibility.
Collective effort keeps it going.
Take the lead in your life and others will join. Count on it. It starts with you, not them. Difficult? Everything you now find easy was once difficult.
Civility emerges when people responsibly maintain themselves and their world. Collective accomplishment starts with individual responsibility.