Criticizing Aristotle

         Legend has it that Aristotle was once criticized for giving assistance to a profligate man in need. Aristotle replied, “I did not give it to the man, I gave it to humanity.”

Dandy Don

We lost Dandy Don Meredith this week. I grew up watching him play—my first Cowboy quarterback.

One of my favorite stories was retold by Walt Garrison this week:

“Joe Don [Meredith] looked at the world so much different than most of us.... One time he took five or six of us out to dinner the night before a road game, and then picked up a check of $250, which was massive in the ’60s.

“I protested and told him not to do that. His answer was that he’d just made a $250 profit off the evening. I went ‘huh?’

“He gave me that big grin, and answered, ‘I had five hundred dollars worth of fun....’”

Generosity blesses others.

24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered (Prov. 11:24-25). ESV