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Slogan So What?

"Be Prepared" is the Boy Scouts motto. I would hazard a guess a fair amount of people know this. What's not so known is the Boy Scout Slogan. "Do A Good Turn Daily" When I first read that in my BSA Handbook I had no idea what it meant. My Dad fully explained it to me as young boy. My reaction was priceless, according to my Dad. Me: "That's ridiculous! What do I get outta helping someone or doing something nice and positive for someone else everyday?" Dad: "Nothing but the satisfaction of helping, sonny boy. It'll make the world a better place. Especially if everyone did it, not just Boy Scouts of America." Me: "Rubbish, I say." Dad: "Well?" Me: "Well what?" Dad: "Well are you going to do it?" Me: I grumbled. "Yeah, I'll do it." And I've been doing it every day since then for the past 25 years. That's about 9, 125 turns. Not every turn was obvious or pres...