On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time > > unless you get something for it. That's not volunteering. > > Volunteering is giving without expecting a ROI. > > This is fiction. Everyone who volunteers gets a return on their > investment; without it, they wouldn't volunteer. That "return" > may not be in some sort of traditional form like cash, goods, or > services; but if the volunteer absolutely truly got nothing out > of it -- no sense of satisfaction, no gladness at having been > able to help another, absolutely nothing -- then there is nothing > to drive the volunteer towards that activity as opposed to another.
Ironic that you would say this, especially considering your sig. Hal > Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (remove "snip-me." to email) > > "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace > since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
