Half of this one thing

By Anne, on January 4th, 2011 Share

I’m a bit of a book slut. Not only do I read a lot (I mean a lot a lot), but I read more than one book at a time. More about that in a future post.

I recently finished The Power of Half. It’s about a family in Atlanta who sold their mansion and gave half of the money to charity. When this family first told people their plans the reactions they got were shock and surprise. People looked at them like they were crazy. Their teenage daughter explained, “We’re not giving half of everything. We’re just giving half of this one thing.”

Inspired by their story, I’ve decided to give half of this one thing. Half of any profits I make from this blog will go directly to charity. Each month I’ll post about who we’ve helped.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.

-Rabindranath Tagore

Liz Campbell

January 4, 2011 at 1:24 pm · Reply

I love this. Since I literally have no money (I’ve already given it all away.) I try to give time. (Of course, I don’t have much of that either.) Being a child of the Great Depression, I have been eager to be of service to others since before I could read or write. My first paying job when I was 12 went totally to help my family. I’ve been that way ever since. I know you understand. When you were collecting funds to help women in poverty stricken countries start small businesses, I didn’t tell you that I had been involved with a group for many years that did that very thing. It was a “fine” time in my life.