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Dear
Diary, Today as I went to the market I was
approached by a woman asking me to sign a pledge. At first I was hesitant, but
as soon as she told me it was part of the temperance movement and the pledge
was vowing never to drink alcohol I signed immediately. It warms my heart to
see people care so much about others. Usually, people walk around acting like
all that matters is themselves. Yet the world doesn’t revolve around them and
they need to know that. It takes all of my willpower not to take a selfish
person by the ear and teach them a lesson or two. However, I have been pleased to see that lately selflessness
is replacing selfishness. I mean why else would someone devote their time to a
movement to stop others from drinking their lives away. Because they care about
others more then themselves, that’s why. It is not just the temperance movement
either. I’ve read in the paper about the fight for worker’s rights, better
education, and better care for the disabled and mentally ill. Those are all
acts of selflessness, except worker’s rights that is a little about people
themselves. There are some pretty remarkable people out there
too. Take Dorothea Dix for example. She didn’t have to help all those inmates
get better conditions. Dorothea could have just as easily left them to rot in
the unheated, unfurnished, foul-smelling houses they were stuck in. She is
completely selfless. I believe that more people should be like her. If they
were the world as a whole would be a better place. You know I have been thinking about joining some
reform movements myself. I think it would do me some good; I can’t spend my
whole life preaching people to be selfless, but doing nothing selfless myself.
Now that I have signed the temperance pledge, I think I will join the temperance
movement. That sounds fun, don’t you think? I could get people to sign the
pledge, and participate in one of the dangers of alcoholism plays. I hear they
are doing one of those next week. I wonder where you can sign up for that type of
thing. The next time I go into town I’ll ask around. Maybe I’ll go to some
revivalist meetings too. I have heard that those are really inspirational. It
is amazing what one little selfless act can do. Yesterday, I would have never
even considered joining a reform movement, but after that woman approached me I
am considering the possibility of joining two. Imagine the kind of chain reaction the reform
movements would cause. One selfless act would lead to another, which would lead
to another, which would lead to another and so on. The effects would be inconceivable.
Inconceivable, but just what Sincerely, Mrs.
Sicilia Jones |
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