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To: mitch-c who wrote (52701)	9/20/2001 6:57:39 PM
From: mitch-c	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

There are times when doing the right thing gets reinforced. This is one. Last week, I decided there was a certain symmetry in donating my tax rebate to the NY relief effort. The Treasury had written me a check, with the message that I could decide best how to use it; then a tragedy struck, and thousands died, hundreds while charging in to rescue others. My company typically doesn't match donations, but it announced that it would for this. I wrote the check, happy that it would double - but it didn't just double. Our committee members were smart enough to donate the entire proceeds through another source that also matched it ... so my tax rebate quadrupled its effect through the generosity of others. Now, THAT'S leverage. An author named Spider Robinson has postulated that misery shared is diminished, while joy shared is magnified. I've just seen an empirical demonstration of the second, and hope that it helps do the first. - Mitch