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PAGE A10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991 Why should we have to face the dread alternative in order to appreciate what was there all the time. It‘s amazing, isn‘t it? (Geoff Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, N1R 5W1, providing effectiveness training for business and industry.) It is a state of mind that realizes that happiness is not necessarily dependent on the present situation, but lies in the expectation of better things to come. To be fully alive maintains that hope and drive. It is only when life is threatened that a realization of its value begins to dawn on most of us. We hear so often of people who have stared death in the face and, having gained a "second lease on life," only then exclaim how great it is to be alive! There‘s nothing wrong with that and it‘s great if we are fortunate enough to experience that, but this is variable and must depend on circumstances; whereas, to enjoy living, of being alive, is constant regardless of circumstance. They don‘t know they can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind, as William James pointed out. They are the ones who will probably end up saying, "I waited too long to start frainco When we speak of enjoying life, we usually mean that we have the resources and freedom to have all the things we want to have and do all the things we want to do. The great majority pass through life being satisfied with the irdinary pleasures but, as for being in possession of the greatest gift on earth, life itself, they show by their actions that they don‘t even know they have it, much less an awareness that it is to be enjoyed to the fullest We often hear of people who have suddenly become wealthy or found the perfect mate, who might say, "after all these years, I am finally going to be happy." These people think that the event is somehow going to bring them something they should have been enjoying all along. They may be less unhappy but not necessarily enjoy living What is living all about? Those that don‘t know are not really living, they‘re merely existing. These are the outerâ€"directed ones who allow things to happen to them, instead of making things happen; they allow their circumstances to affect their thinking, instead of using their thinking to affect circumâ€" stances living." Since 1974 i 3 S en nityg) Few people, it seems, develop an awareness of the joy of living bevond the superficial pleasures of life, and those that do stand out from the crowd. They are not pollyannas, they have their problems too, their ups and downs, but their irrepressible joieâ€" deâ€"vivre keeps bubbling up all the time. But why are there so few? And so, millions of people with the gift of sight never really see the world around them to enjoy it; and millions born to good health take it for granted, or are just glad that they are not ill, instead of rejorcing in their sense of wellâ€"being. , itb ind hn 20. Te seA is n They are like the people who enjoy having a lot of money, but never spend it; or who buy works of art as an investment, but not to enjoy their beauty. They are satisfied with enjoyment of possession, rather than intrinsic value When interviewing the elderly, those who realize that their remaining time on earth is drawing to a close, they are frequently heard to say, "I waited too long to start living." The young researchers who hear this remark find it strange; but what these older people mean is that they failed to enjoy living, even during the years they were most active. It seems that many people, during the richest and fullest years of their lives, were enjoying the pleasures of life and all the inner satisfactions that came from their achievements, and yet failed to develop an awareness of the enjoyment of living. s 0 OO n s 1 i " 1 i Don‘t wait for that second lease on life * Whiripool Clearouts, Seconds * Deals on Display Models * Some are Clearing at Cost * 45% TO 60% OFF * Spas & Whiripools from $599. _WAREKOUSE & CLEARANCE SALE ‘"When they do that, they do it when they‘re delivering an order â€" the truck is going to be there anyway, and they‘ll pick up your GreenBack box," Crawford says. "And people in the office feel good about that. They see the stationâ€" The next link in the chain, Crawford says, is the organizaâ€" tion which goes to the offices on a regular basis to pick up the recyclable fine paper. And who better to do that than someone who already makes regular trips to various offices â€" an office supplier or stationer. GreenBack has made arrangâ€" ments with several local stationâ€" ers, including Schendels and Wilâ€" sons, to pick up recylable papé-r from the offices and deliver it to the GreenBack sorting plant. "We‘re community oriented. In each community we go into, we set the process up with the inâ€" volvement of a number of diffeâ€" rent links in the community, so that it is selfâ€"sustaining and selfâ€" supporting," _ Crawford _ says. "GreenBack is really the thread that links up a number of indeâ€" pendent links that make a chain. The first link in the chain is, of course, thgj) office." For the startâ€"up fee ‘of $24.99 and an annual $5 user fee, clients are provided with a GreenBack kit, and from then on, all that‘s required on their part is to fill up the recycling containers with fine paper. GreenBack, says company ownâ€" er Bunker Crawford, is the thread that links three main elements together. GreenBack has been operating in London for approximately one year, and expanded to Windsor three months ago. This week, the company opened an operation in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, with hopes of expanding to 18 more locations throughout the province. Every once in a while, a story comes along that could fit just as comfortably in one section of a newspaper as it could in another. Such is the case with GreenBack. A newlyâ€"developed company which offers a recycling system to offices and businesses, GreenBack could easily have been featured on the business page. But because the company is working with the community and for the community, the community page won out in the end. Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff ‘‘We approach recycling in a different way from anybody else that I‘ve run into". 210 Regina St. N., Waterloo Crawftord In both London and Windsor, and now in Kâ€"W, GreenBack works in association with organiâ€" zations which provide employâ€" ment for persons who are physiâ€" cally or mentally challenged. GreenBack pays the organiztion and the organization pays the employees. In working with Kâ€"W Habilitation Services, GreenBack will create approximately 20 to 25 jobs. Crawford says GreenBack beneâ€" The third link, and the one that truly makes GreenBack a comâ€" munity organization, is Kâ€"W Haâ€" bilitation Services. Once paper is picked up from the offices it is taken to Kâ€"W Habilitation Serâ€" vices‘ Kinsmen Training Centre (where Crawford has set up a small office) to be readied for market. This is GreenBack‘s sortâ€" ing plant. ers as going a little bit out of the way to recycle and therefore deserving of their business." GreenBack owner Bunker Crawford displays one of the kits used in his company‘s recycling system. * 6 Grades of Cedar Decking * Cedar Lumber & T&G * Cedar Gazebos $400. OFF * Odd Lots & Clearouts * The Area‘s Cedar Superâ€"Store ‘"We approach recycling in a different way ‘from anybody else that I‘ve run into," says company owner Bunker Crawford. "Most other people look on it as garbage collection. We look at it as a marketing program or system. Our objective is to close the loop and create a cycle of goods, in: lcuding their reâ€"entry into the market place. What is collected finds a way back into the use stream." fits everybody involved. From his perspective, it‘s a profitâ€"making business. From the offices‘ perâ€" spective, it an easy, costâ€"efficient way of recycling fine paper. From the stationer‘s perspective, it‘s a way of helping to recycle products it is responsible for putting on the market, thereby maintaining good customer relations. From the social service organization‘s perspective, it‘s a way to provide employment to those who might not otherwise have the opportuniâ€" ty.