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My encounter with Kate last week, and all that followed, left a deep impression and a part of me hasn’t wanted to move on. I’ve been thinking a lot about the past year and how my perspective has shifted and changed. When I started giving away hundred dollar bills a year ago, I was motivated […]
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A year ago today I wrote a post called “Living in My Dream World.” I hadn’t yet given away my first hundred. The post was all about what I wanted my money to do in the world and what I thought a better world might look like. It’s remarkable to think that a whole year has […]
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Sometimes things happen in my head that I just can’t condone. This morning I was driving back to work from a breakfast meeting up on Alberta. Winding my way along the residential streets I saw a shopping cart piled high with black plastic bags. The bags were enormous and brimming with bottles and cans. That […]
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I carried a hundred dollar bill around in my pocket for most of the week and just didn’t find the right person. The little voices in my head were back, and they had a lot to say. “That guy looks a lot like Charlie; what’s up with that?” “Too nicely dressed. Clearly doesn’t need it. […]
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It was a day to give away a hundred dollars! A special sparkly kind of day. I love those days (the perfect weather doesn’t hurt either. Nor does having the day off). We were almost out of milk, and walking to Fred Meyer seemed like a great idea. I’ve given away quite a few hundreds […]
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I admit I’ve done some kind of crazy things in this effort to rewire my brain, like the time I flagged down an old van to give $100 to a man waving a french fry. I’ve approached strangers, chased cars for blocks, followed people all over stores, and interrupted private conversations. Today I had one of the wackiest […]
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In the old days, when you walked down the street by yourself you were in a little zone of quiet. If someone spied your lips moving they assumed you were talking to yourself. Nowadays, it seems like people don’t ever have to talk to themselves; there’s always someone on the other end of a phone […]
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If there’s one thing I love, it’s a bargain. That’s probably not news to anyone who’s been paying attention. I’ve scored some amazing deals at Goodwill in the past couple of months. Here’s my latest find: This was an extra good deal, because the jacket was marked 50% off the regular price of $14.99. I […]
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Many thanks to the First Baptist Church’s Downtown Fellowship for the warm welcome on Thursday! It was lovely to share my story with such an attentive and insightful group. I met many wonderful people, including a couple who were married in the church 60 years ago! What an inspiration to meet Marian Boehr, who graduated […]
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It’s a grueling schedule I’ve set for myself: 100 giveaways in 52 weeks. The year’s midway point is on the horizon and sometimes I feel the pressure. That’s how I ended up with a hundred dollar bill in my pocket at PDX (the nation’s #1 airport). I was headed to Denver for a quick business […]
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