I’d like to point out, before I begin, that I am pretty much worthless. I have next to zero value on most scales of measurement. I have no ambitions towards greatness, and no illusions of grandeur. I work long hours at a pointless job for next to no pay. It pisses me off a lot of the time, and while I know that the choices were always mine, and that I can change my situation, I feel that I’ve learned a lot where I’m at, and until I’ve mastered the lesson, I’m not budging.

     So what’re we talking about here? Social Worth. How am I defining that? Put simply, “How much good do you do for yourself, your planet, and everyone you interact with?” That’s it. That’s all there is to it.

     If you’re even put forth a LITTLE effort, you can really do a LOT of good. For instance, I pick up one piece of garbage per day, wherever the fuck I’m at, and place it in the garbage. Takes me maybe eight seconds. That’s a piece of garbage that some piece of trash threw on the ground, and wouldn’t even BEND OVER to retrieve. Do I, in the end help to fill landfills? Yes, but at least my campus isn’t a shit hole because I went to it. One piece of garbage a day, that’s 365 pieces of trash, that’s roughly 100 pounds of SHIT that ISN’T on the ground, just because I hate seeing it there. Over the course of my life time? Fuck. That’s a lot of trash.

     Now, there’s this tendency in our culture to regard life as sacred. Randomly. If you ask the average person if they consider life sacred, they’ll probably say yes. Until you get specific, or the life in question is an inconvenient one to them personally. Then all of a sudden, human life is worth approximately dick.

     I’d like to go ahead and ask for a shift in the mindset. When talking to people, quickly ascertain whether or not they’re doing GOOD for people, or if they’re doing DICK for people. Might shock to you hear this, but it’s painfully obvious who’s out to help, and who’s just out.

     Listen to their stories and whatever they’re on about, and when you get the gist of their personality, go ahead and judge them. No really. Go ahead, we’re the only species on the planet that’s capable of judging a person’s character, so quit waiting for your invisible friend to chime in, and asking for forgiveness for being human. Once you’ve got it, use the information to better yourself. Be that change. For every eight assholes who take the last of the coffee in their eight gallon thermos’? There’s one person who replaces it, without being asked or paid to.