Last week I ran across a quote from entertainer, Andy Griffith, that has stuck with me ever since first reading it. In his characteristically straightforward style Griffith summed up a delightfully compact worldview, in a few short words: "Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody."
That's a pretty simple and yet fundamentally difficult charge, but one that many of us (AmeriCorps Alums, Pumas, and in general people of good will) can easily embrace. Hard work, service, integrity -- it's all there.
My wife Katie, a fellow AmeriCorps Alum, honorary Puma, wild land firefighter, and all around superhero articulates the benefits of a service mentality in a blog post which first appeared on the AmeriCorps Alums Blog this morning. Like so many Katie talks about service as journey, not a destination. Whether formal service or local volunteerism, whether serving family, friends, strangers, pets, or the environment, service matters.
Katie sums the common thread of journey up like this, "no matter where you started out when you joined AmeriCorps, you end up in a similar mindset after serving. Service becomes a part of your life."
Check out Katie's post and join the conversation (whether your an Alum or not)...How do you serve?
"In this world...you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." Elwood P. Dowd, "Harvey," 1950
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