Litter Bugs Me

` I'm getting tired of all litter I see in my neighborhood and on the roads in my community. It used to be that all you would see along the roads and highways were pop cans and paper cups, but now it seems that the pitiful people that litter are throwing out their entire fast food meal containers - cups, styrofoam containers, bags, wrappers, plastic utensils, everything.
` I got to wondering just why this is and the only thing I could come up with is that these people must be unhappy in their lives and they want the world around them to reflect what they look like on the inside. They're stuck in jobs they hate, or marriages that don't work, or their health is failing because of lack of exercise, or tobacco addiction, or obesity. Basically I think they're suffering from poor choices they've made in their lives. Many of them might be depressed. Regardless, they're messing up our world.
` Cigarette smokers who litter our streets with butts are a different story. They've trained themselves to believe that cigarettes butts aren't litter. They're addicted to nicotine and they don't want the debris from their addiction around them to remind them just how seriously their addiction is. It's amazing how fast an ashtray fills up. And cigarette butts stink like death, like the lungs of smokers. So they casually flick away any reminder that they're going to die a slow breathless death. That's why they use our streets for their ashtray. I have no sympathy for cigarette addicts. Please dispose of your butts properly.
` I suppose I have some sympathy for the rest of the litter bugs out there, not much, but some. I'm sorry your life sucks. I'm sorry you feel the need to trash our world because your life sucks. Next time you feel like throwing out your super-size pity-me meal out your car window, stop and think about your children. Do you want them to live in trash? Stop yourself and think of something positive you can do to reverse the poor choices you've made. Get more education, work on your marriage, get more exercise, do something positive for yourself. Quit taking out your frustrations on the rest of the world.
` Personally when I'm walking in my neighborhood getting the exercise I need, I carry a bag with me and I pick up trash. One person can undo the work of multiple litter bugs in just a short time. If all of us would just pick up one piece trash occasionally the world would be a lot cleaner. So keep the faith and do something good for you and good for everyone else. Make your piece of the world a nicer place to live.