Caring Enough to Begin Again
by Michael Feeley
The supply order sits half-finished on my desk. The garden needs attention. That loose board on the deck isn’t getting any tighter on its own.
These aren’t grand gestures. They’re the small, recurring acts that define stewardship – of our homes, our land, our lives. And they share something essential with every meaningful change we make: they require that we care enough to begin again.
It only happens if we care. If we give a damn.
We can ignore things. Leave them alone and walk away. Nobody’s forcing us to order those supplies, fix that board, tend that garden. We have that choice every single day.
But here’s what’s unavoidable: you’ll know if you care enough to make things work, to make things better.
And other people will know too.
Not because they’re judging (though some might be), but because caring shows. It shows in the maintained home, the ordered supplies, the attention paid to your work and customers.
And not caring shows just as clearly in what we let slide, what we walk past, what we allow to neglect and deteriorate.
Beginning again isn’t always about dramatic reinvention. Sometimes it’s simply caring enough to do what needs doing. To pick up the phone. To walk outside. To fix what’s broken before it becomes unfixable. To talk to people.
The supplies can be ordered. The repairs can be made. The fresh start can begin. Respect for other people and things can be shown.
The only question is: do we give a damn?
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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