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Jul 2, 2009
"Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little." --Epicurus
Why I'm Giving Away $1 Billion
"In 2007 the company I cofounded, the Blackstone Group, held a most successful public offering. I found myself, at 81, an instant billionaire. I wish I could've called my father, a Greek immigrant who had spent most of his life running a 24-hour diner in Kearney, Neb. The news might have pleased him as much as my being the first Greek cabinet officer, which he never hesitated to tell perfect strangers. In the 1930s, when I was growing up, there was all this talk about millionaires like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. Now I was a millionaire 1,000 times over. But immediately I began wondering: what do I do with $1 billion? The idea of trying to make the money grow felt empty to me." This Newsweek article shares more.
BE THE CHANGE
Take time to acknowledge the abundance in your life, and to give from that space of "fullness".
