Lesson of the Day

Lesson I learned today:

Do the best you can for as long as you live.

I'm at my GIS conference in San Diego this week. I'd have posted earlier, but I can't seem to get my laptop online...

Today's keynote speaker was Prof. Wangari Maathai of Kenya. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement and won the Nobel prize in 2004 for her work on the environment.

Her talk was very interesting. And inspiring. I'm always amazed by stories of how one person can make such a large impact on the world. It makes me wonder, "what about me?". What's stopping me from doing my part?

Prof. Maathai concluded her talk with the instruction to "do the best you can for as long as you live". If everyone did this... just imagine what we could get done! I don't think we can even begin to imagine. But wouldn't it be something to try this out?

Don't settle for good enough. Don't sit back and let someone else take care of it. Do the best you can for as long as you live.