Deep thoughts these days, about many things.
For one, I’ve been reading Dan Pallotta’s book, Uncharitable.: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential. I work for a nonprofit, so I find it especially thought-provoking. I’m just one chapter in, and so much is making me take a look at the whole paradigm anew. Even the way he defines terms by going back to their roots is revealing. If you have any interest in the nonprofit world, or causes, or social issues, just let these roll around in your head and see what you think:
Profit comes from the Latin profectus, meaning progress. What does that say about the meaning of nonprofit?
Charity comes from the Greek work charos, meaning love or grace . . .
The circles I travel in consider it inappropriate to talk about charity, yet we freely and even proudly identify ourselves as nonprofit — no progress. Go figure.
I was having a discussion last night with one of my neighbors about forming a non profit to be able to bring more opportunities to local people to green up their lives and help the planet. This post is timely in that while I have done some work in the past for a couple of non profits, I have never run one. I will definitely have to check out this book, thank you for the suggestion.
What you write is, I’m sure, an inspiration to your readers to live simply, so kudos to you. Sometimes we don’t have do do things the way we always have, whether how we live or how we address a social cause, right? And of course often those are quite inter-related.
THIS.