Read 火's extra 支出 today (pls see quote "引用"). His blog reminds me of my recent discussion with a friend on what I termed as "the schindler syndrome".
If you have not yet watched the 1993 movie Schindler's List, do try to borrow a copy and watch it, this is one of the greatest films in the 20th century. It told the story of a Nazi-German who saved several thousand Jews during WW II. Read the wikipedia for details.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler's_List
Schindler saved the thousand Jews by bribing the German solders and claiming that the Jews were "skilled" labour that he found indispensible. He saved them all from the Holocaust. He nearly used all his money in this way. Towards the end of the film, the Jews bid Schindler farewell and gave him a ring with the quotation "He who saves the life of one man, saves the world entire" engraved on it. Schindler then said with remorse that he could have saved some more Jews by doing away with his ring or his other possession..........
Though Shindler had helped greatly, his remorse was on what he could have done by further self sacrifice.
Do you sometimes have the same guilt feeling when you are indulging on some kind of extravagance (by your own standard)?? I think I do not remember people in destitute when I am enjoying my trip/ food/... but still .... would sometimes wonder whether I can reduce my desire for material goods and give more away....
This is a question that I cannot answer now but lets try to give / to share .......to give what you are willing and can give... to a charitable organization ... to some cause that you support/ believe
P.S. I always think that Steven Spielberg, a Jew, made the extremely grossing movie Jurrasic Park to get money for the may-not-be-too-popular movie Schindler's List (I thought he would be reminded of Color Purple....) Though this is not exactly as I've thought, the sequence (Jurrasic Park followed by Schindler's List) has some reason behind it.
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