Entries tagged as generosity
Monday, November 12. 2007
Lucky To Be Me
Today is the twelfth of NaBloPoMo. I have vowed to write about things for which I am thankful each day of November.
Today I am thinking about what it means to me to have been born in the United States. When I was ten years old my sister got me a subscription to National Geographic for Kids. It was my first exposure to people who lived in other parts of the world. I remember having a revelation...that I could have just as easily been born in India or Africa as New Jersey. I tried imagining being me on the inside, but looking different and living differently. It kind of blew my mind, because I had very limited experience with diversity. In my house, those who were different from us were known as Protestants.
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Today I am thinking about what it means to me to have been born in the United States. When I was ten years old my sister got me a subscription to National Geographic for Kids. It was my first exposure to people who lived in other parts of the world. I remember having a revelation...that I could have just as easily been born in India or Africa as New Jersey. I tried imagining being me on the inside, but looking different and living differently. It kind of blew my mind, because I had very limited experience with diversity. In my house, those who were different from us were known as Protestants.Continue reading "Lucky To Be Me" »
Wednesday, September 26. 2007
Prized Possessions - Vol. 1
Monday, August 6. 2007
Maybe We Can Make The World A Better Place
I was reading Michael Wade's blog, Execupundit, again and I was struck by his post about philanthropists. It told about how several exceedingly wealthy men generously donated their wealth ("up to "90% of his fortune ($350 million, or tens of billions in today's dollars") in the case of Andrew Carnegie) to create libraries, establish universities and 
support the arts.
These are lofty, albeit worthy, causes, and our culture would not be as rich if not for their desire to enrich and give back to the society which had given them so much. I'm sure we have our share of modern-day philanthropists, too. Bill Gates comes immediately to mind...Yet I don't see any reason why the rest of us collectively can't improve our lot too, by sharing what we have to spare.
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support the arts.These are lofty, albeit worthy, causes, and our culture would not be as rich if not for their desire to enrich and give back to the society which had given them so much. I'm sure we have our share of modern-day philanthropists, too. Bill Gates comes immediately to mind...Yet I don't see any reason why the rest of us collectively can't improve our lot too, by sharing what we have to spare.
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