So. Why should we return the shopping cart to the shopping cart rack? Because it helps other people, and we are only people through other people. Living in our world, going about our days with our own problems and annoyances and issues to deal with, it’s easy (and tempting) to remain trapped in our little brains and to only do stuff that improves our lives or eases our own pains. But . . . come on, that stinks. We’re not alone here on earth. We’re one tiny part of a much larger whole, as the Kenyan philosopher and theologian John S. Mbiti wrote:
