It does not matter how much we donate; it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.

To be honest, we donate to projects that we think are meaningful. How society views it or how we are viewed by history, well, we'll let them decide. How others view us is out of our control.

If you donate to the mainland, it's not as simple as giving money. You need a lot of psychological resilience.

It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.

You need strong leadership to effectuate change, and the easiest way is to keep everything status quo. And sometimes changes are necessary. If not, you build up too much potential energy.

If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated donation would be split up evenly amongst all the charities supported by the Annapolis Area Complex.