Monday Motivation Minute: Be the one who cares because there is no guarantee that anyone else will

Why is that our slogan at Poised Wanderer and where did it come from?

The belief behind the slogan was originally targeted at nature conservation. We all need to make sure we follow the “Pack In, Pack Out” rule by taking everything with us that we “Packed In” to a trail or campsite. That’s caring to preserve other’s rights to enjoy the hiking trail or campsite without seeing our trash. But we need to do more than that; we need to care on a much larger scale to have a greater impact on conservation. We need to care about what others do because there is no guarantee they will.

We can care more than what we can control by pooling resources to affect great change. At Poised Wanderer, we do that by donating a portion of our sales to various nature-based charities. There are so many different charities that work to positively impact nature, and we support a good number of them…you can too! Donate when you can…and when you can’t, do what you can within your community and recreation areas.

But there is more to our slogan than just nature conservation. It applies to life and how you treat others too. When you see someone who needs help, care. When you see someone who is sad, care. When you see someone celebrating, care. When you see someone who is starving, care. We care because if we don’t, that person may never get the help they need or that sad person may take the next step to end their pain, or that person may celebrate alone with no one to share their small achievement and lose motivation, or that starving person may start stealing to feed her child…or worse.

If you don’t care, who will? Anyone? Someone? No one? I don’t want to leave that to chance. Caring is easy and can have ripple effects. Caring can trigger others to care which can, in turn, trigger more people to care. With more people caring, more good can be done. All because you decided to care…

You can “be the one who cares because there is no guarantee that anyone else will”.

-Shay

You know the slogan!