Preserving
Danger of extinction. When we hear this, usually the images that come to mind are of animals. A turtle on a remote island, a mammal in Africa, a species of bird in the rain forest. Perhaps some types of plants, also. But how often do we think of the extinction of attitudes ? Opening doors for others, waiting patiently in line at a retail store, tipping service staff, "thanking" others at retail/service stores...If we take a look around, some of the good attitudes of old, that used to be alive for centuries may be classified as endangered species. How often we see it? How often we do it? How frequent is our disposition to do good toward others ? Even for strangers ? Or do we contribute to endangering the good species of attitudes that once populated the earth? We know that unfortunately some of these species are on the verge of extinction s In some ways it is even more dangerous than the examples mentioned in the first paragraph. The deeds are the visib