Just because of that bottle.

Let me just give you an example on what may happen by not doing this simple thing of disposing your trashes properly.

The story goes like this.

One day, I threw an empty bottle on the sidewalk. No one dared to pick it up and throw it properly. Before the day ended, it rained. The bottle was washed away by the water. Other forms of trash were also washed away like plastic bags, food containers, and other disposable materials that we can just easily throw anywhere. The rain continued to pour down. There was flood because the drainage were clogged. A man was on his way home from his work. It was around 7pm. There was a heavy traffic on that night. He was disappointed. He arrived home with his pants and shoes wet. He said that when he was waiting for a bus, there was flood and he had no choice but to pass that area where there is flood in order to ride the bus. If he didn't do that, it would take him a few more minutes for another bus to come and he would be home late.

He was a single parent and he had one child. He had dinner with his son after changing his clothes. Days passed and the man started to feel ill. He was confined in the hospital. His son was already 14 years old at that time. He found out that his father got Leptospirosis. The doctor said that the disease was acquired because of contact of one person with waters contaminated with animal urine. His son remembered the night when his father arrived home with his shoes wet and his father had one small unhealed wound. His father's life eventually ended. Now, the child is an orphan and just stayed with his grandparents.

From then on, the life of this child changed. He grew up being rebellious, and did many barbaric acts. He used illegal drugs and was involved in criminal acts. He was arrested and his grandparents were not able to do something because they lacked money. He spent the remaining days of his life in jail.

Think about this. By just an act of not throwing your trash properly, one died. The future of one youth, and of being the hope of our country was wasted. If we would just realize how our acts would affect others, our community, and our environment.

Our simple acts may be the cause of large and serious problems happening in our society. Most things happen in chain reactions. One action leads to another. Especially if that action leads to another action which is not beneficial but destructive for us.

Just remember, we should think first before we do something.