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I don’t usually post on Thursdays but I just couldn’t wait until Wednesday to share this story with you!
Usually the news breaks my heart.
Then along comes the man with the hat and the sunglasses on and blows my mind! He has enough and is satisfied. His children are taken care of.
The one person he loved above all others is gone. His wife, who died of cancer 2 years ago.
And this man with the hat and sunglasses on wins $40M on his lottery ticket. And declares that he will be giving it to charity; most of it for Cancer research.
He has the secret to happiness. He has enough. Having more doesn’t make you happier when you have what you need. I’m so happy for him!
“Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.” ~ Erich Fromm
Tom, I have no doubt that your beloved wife is looking down with pride and love in her heart for you. May your generous act lead to a cure and spare many husbands, wives, parents, children from losing the ones they love.
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