I had a pile of miles for one specific airline, expiring soon, and not a big enough pile to book a flight. So, I ordered some physical magazines. We've tried this before, so I didn't really expect them ever to show up at my door. But, this time it worked.
So, this morning I took my copy of fortune out the pool and read an interesting interview with David Geffen. Two things really stuck with me.
(1) Even though he has been asked several times to join Buffet & Gates Giving Pledge, he hates the idea, calling it "grandstanding". Instead he says,
I intend to give every nickel away. I'm just not joining some club of rich people in which to do so. Actions speak louder than words. If you're going to give it away, then give it away. And do it when you're alive.
(2) And, when asked what his epitaph will be, he responded,
I'm not going to have an epitaph. I'm going to be cremated. Because the whole idea of legacy is such bullshit.
For those of you who don't know, I have a manifesto that I try to live by. And, core the manifesto is a belief that we should try an change the world by changing our own immediate world. That we should all step up by learning to love ourselves, and loving those around us. Right now. In our own daily lives. In very small ways.
I have watched too many people put all their hope into a different tomorrow, and day after day live hopeless todays. As if their entire life was one of those silly permanent signs at a bar that reads, "Free Beer Tomorrow".
