I was on the way home from the gym last night, puffing on a smoke. I do this on occasion and it truly is one of my last standing extremely toxic patterns in my life.

I was going to toss my butt out the car window and for the first time had this green sensation buzzing in my heart that it just wasn’t right. Then,  I look in my rear view mirror and there was a cop starting to pass me on the drivers side and he would have witnessed me throw my butt and yes, ticket time!

Thankfully, I was listening to my inner-voice that said, “No”, you know, Jerry, life will be so much more rewarding when you stop thinking, “Well, who cares about my one or two butts a month on the concrete”. Most of all, not tossing my butt onto, then into the earth, I feel better about myself and I’ve learned when you feel better, everything just keeps getting better.

So how cool is this? What is so special is how my blogging with you on Hart of Green everyday, and the effect it’s having on me personally is so positive.

Those moments when my higher consciousness is conspiring in my favor are so special. Up until now, I never thought twice about throwing a butt on the ground unless I was visiting my mothers house or walking out of a funeral.

Through this experience of the karma police almost pulling me over for littering, mixed with gratefulness that I had finally “Got it”, I have now added my second goal to my Green Covenant.

All butts in the car when smoking, and even better, I’ve added an aspiration category to the green covenant and this will be for goals I set intention to achieve.

Maybe one day soon, we’ll talk about “The Covenant” I use for my personal life. The structure of the covenant is effective in it’s ability to hold you accountable to goals only you know you can achieve, and motivates you to become all you dream to be before you die.

A recent poll I read in USA Today asked “What’s the one thing you want to do before you die?”…overwhelmingly, most responded with “Leave a Legacy”. I know for sure, if I continue to smoke that only continues a legacy of dysfunction.
Knocking out the smokes completely and choosing self respect over self indulgence, now that’s a personal legacy I can feel great about.

Maybe “Hart of Green” is the big one. The most notable place on the planet that I gave my heart to give back to my planet. Earth.