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I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.~Jay Gould
Sat Oct 22, 2011 at 11:41:23 AM MST
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| If you can't make big changes try to make small ones. A suggestion that many people can follow would be always to clean the lint filter out in any publicly shared clothes dryer that one might use. Clean it out before use, if needed, and after use.
The word "lint" is derived from the architectural term "lintel" which is a support over windows often found over portals, doors, and ornamented structural items. It is an architectural element or a combined building component. A decorative lintel can be load-bearing for doors.
Thus "lint", this smallest of insignificant elements, this barely visible accumulation of textile fibers, can be a part of a "load bearing" building block in a succession of small gestures that can be exercised without the guilt nor selfishness usually associated with charitable acts. This act is something you can lend to people.
The word "lend" derives from the word "lent" which is a period of repentance, almsgiving and self-denial that corresponds to the forty days and nights Elijah spent walking to Mount Horeb. Lent itself is built upon, and historically preceded by, traditional pagan spring carnival celebrations such as Mardi Gras or Chienbäse. Baptists and Mennonites don't recognize Lent. |
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