Goodness Goes On

 

A young couple, midsummer, sun and goodness.

I was standing at the bus stop, counting the minutes left for the next bus.  They are a little slow in summer when university students are rare.  COVID has added other issues.

I saw this young couple with a garbage picking stick, walking, talking and cleaning the unruly grass as they walked and chatted casually.  I stopped them, 

Excuse me, are you doing this just to help the area stay clean?

They nodded and blushed.

May I please take a picture, I pointed at my phone.  Yes, they nodded.

May I please put it on my blog.  They looked at each other and nodded.

May I please know your names and put them too. Yeah, ok.  Johan and Ingrid they said.

Very Swedish names.

So glad they shared their names. I will remember them forever.  Johan and Ingrid, will be connected to this image of a citizen's duty. 

And a very Swedish practice of taking pride in the place you live in.  Do a little extra than needed.  Nothing wrong in going for a stroll, but even better if you take your garbage picking stick and contribute to the cleaning of the area, as you go about your walk.

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That is my Sweden.  Thanks Sweden. Thankyou!!