Attention Must Be Paid

I like Cate Blanchett and Ben Stiller and Mandy Patinkin and his loving wife and Gabby Giffords and her loving husband

So when they ask me to stop scrolling and pay attention and cough up I feel so bad when I only do two out of three

Having exceeded my 2025 charitable contributions budget by a factor of 2.5 or so

But I wish them well

And I’ll catch them in 2026 after I complete my expensive uprooting and transplanting

If conditions still obtain

If the world remains unexploded

If I and my loving Sweetheart are still here and together

..

Meanwhile the only thing I ask of you and the rest of my friends

Is ask yourself:

“Have I done as much giving as taking?”

It is the one thing that will rightly inform your actions regarding charitable contributions

And it’s healthy

To pay attention

To yourself.