A Drop in the Ocean

I admit it, there are times when I just shake my head and wonder if my environmentally motivated actions are making any impact at all.

Does it really make any difference that I bring home the empty pop can to put in my own recycling bin rather then just toss it in a convenient all purpose garbage can? In the grand scheme of things, is my dedication to native gardening and refusal to use pesticides or herbicides change the world in anyway? In reality, probably not.

However, I once stumbled upon a quotation from Mother Theresa that still resonates with me.

"We sometimes feel that what we do is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop"

Imagine if everybody decided that their impact was "just a drop" and therefore not worth the hassle. Recycling bins would be tossed to the side, trees would be slaughtered to make way for bulging landfill sites, our air would be thick with the plumes of smoke coming from coal power plants running at full capacity to fuel the excessive energy use.

Yup, my actions are just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less were it not for that drop.