on small changes

my wednesday afternoon-evenings are usually spent out on the trail, mountain biking with my dad and a couple of his buddies. most of them are in the housing/development/construction/painting/etc business. they are all nice guys, and hard workers and have great families and like to talk about their bikes and harleys and grandkids and babecues and sports. last wednesday, on the way back from a gorgeous ride, my dad's friend asked me when i was going to upgrade my dilapidated tercel to a prius. "well, we're getting a prius next" he said. "if it's just a little thing we can do, well, then i guess that's a good thing. i'm not worried about saving money on gas, but if can help out with our health then that'd be good. like taking the cardboard downtown to be recycled or something." in typical guy-dad type fashion, that was all he had to say about it. not more, not less, but just enough. it's amazing how, while trying not to judge people, we usually do. and chances are, we're wrong. and that can be very refreshing and hopeful!