Where did I mention rich and powerful? or are you just imagining it?
In every town in America, big cities or small rural towns, there are service clubs such as Lions Club and Rotary Club, there are 5 million Freemasons out there($4 Million charity donations every single day,), Scottish Rites, Italian Clubs, PTA, veterans groups, local business clubs and local golf clubs. The people are regular folks like bank managers, insurance agents, attorneys, shop owners, etc. I don't think there is anything rich or powerful about your community associations, the goals are simple: charity work and friendship. There is huge reward in doing something for others with no personal financial gain. I have been involved in all these associations since I was in my 20s, as my late father did, and I have served as Presidents or Masters of all these groups.
It is your loss that you do not participate and be a part of your community and do not help out the less fortunated ones amongst us. Bush Sr. talked about a thousand points of light, yet the Left laughed at him, there is nothing funny about community and charity works. You are only showing everyone your ignorance.
Being with better, successful and wiser people only help yourself. When I join a new group, I am impressed with the people I meet, I feel they are better, more successful and wiser than me, I work to improve myself to catch up to them. I listen, watch and read to catch up. Inevitablly, years later I am no longer impressed with the same people. What happened was not they changed, but I changed and I passed them. They challenged and helped me. I continue to be friends and active in them, but I start searching for a higher mountain to climb, even better people to catch up to.
If you think this Hummer forum is great, you should check out your local clubs and fraternities, you havn't seen nothing yet. Song, dance, wine, great food, laughters, great stories and lifelong friendship every month and every week. You don't have to be rich or powerful, you just have to be sincere, honest and good.
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