Service Is Being of Use

In “The Cider House Rules,” Dr. Larch tells Homer over and over again, “You must be of use.” Service is a primary way of being “of use.” We live in busy and hectic times where being of charitable service has often taken a back seat to working and making money. Service to others in the […]

Giving Away Money

No discussion of MONEY would be complete without an examination of giving money away . . . . . a look at charity and philanthropy. Brooke Astor, one of my personal heroes, gave away over $100 million over the course of her life before she died at age 105 in 2007. Astor’s personal motto was, […]