IN THE HABIT

Can-Do contributor Civus Fius again offers excellent counsel:

Think small, think possible. Doesn't mean you shouldn't also urge the
bigger changes that require time, consensus and collective action. Do
that, too, and tell your friends to get on those bandwagons. But, in
the meantime, form the habit of doing the small, seemingly
inconsequential things that may reshape your own attitudes and those
of others, and may do some good in the short term. You'll start
thinking of your own examples. Here is one:

There are existing outlets that need volunteer help on an ongoing
basis. Find them. Don't wait for the "service days" at your office,
church or school where, with massive administrative efforts, dozens or
hundreds of folks paint houses or community centers while
photographers from the local paper snap the photo for the human
interest story praising the project's sponsors. There is probably a
church or temple in your city that does some regularly scheduled
service work at a homeless shelter or food bank or an after school
program. You don't need to be a member of that church. They probably
need new volunteers to fill in for that second-Wednesday-every-month
where they send folks to help out in the food line or basketball court
or whatever. These routine charitable services are not as glamorous
as the publicized big service days and they rely on small "regulars"
to meet their commitment for helping out, and the "regular" volunteers
probably need an extra hand some days. And when you go there to do
your service work, talk to the clients, not just to your fellow
volunteers.