On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Vaj <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:42 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
>
> Americans are hurting more than ever.  Open your check book.
>
> Two of my favorite charities are Habitat for Humanity and Feed the
> Children.  Both accept online donations.
>
> To check out the efficiency of a charity, go
> to http://www.charitynavigator.org/
>
> There's hunger in America where there hasn't been for a very long time:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/feed.hungry.ohio/index.html
>
> Stop being lazy and outsourcing your seva.
> Get off your butt and do some real good. It's not enough to pay others to do
> it for you.
> Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Be a father to a child without a home. Help
> your neighbor. Invite an elderly person without family or friends to your
> home and make them part of your family. There's so much you could do.
> But don't just throw money at it. Don't be a coward of the heart.
> There's enough of them already.

I do quite enough volunteer work.  I've even gotten former homeless
people starting TM.  But I can stretch my time a little more.  When
you're able to have visitors, put me on your visitors list and I'll
come to visit you.  If you're in a private room I'll even check your
meditation for you.

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