“Of all you see, only love is infinite.” ~Rumi

I invite you to put your heart against the earth with me, in serving others, in a charitably-minded experiment I’ve conjured up. Like many innovative ideas I’ve had, it’s a mash-up. In this case, I’m interested in seeing how much money we can raise for my friend, Susie Singer Carter by mashing-up the powers of:

1. A NETWORK of like-minded people
2. Personal COMMUNICATION tools with global reach
3. The ASK
4. Worldwide DISTRIBUTION power
5. NEAR-ZERO MARGINAL COST products
6. The most powerful force of all, LOVE!

Sound interesting? I’d LOVE for you to join me.

In the simplest terms, I plan to donate all the profits of all Happy Living books sold worldwide (from now through June 30, 2024) with 100% of the profits going to help with the final funding of the docuseries called NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE.

Based on over 75 powerful interviews, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE will take the audience deep into the bowels of nursing home neglect and abuse which is a systemic crisis. One that will continue to grow exponentially worse without immediate attention. It is a cautionary tale and a rally for change.

In addition to the Happy Living community, the NETWORK of like-minded people we’re calling on for support include the family and friends of the talented people bringing this story to life; Susie Singer Carter, Producer/Writer/Director/Editor, Rick Mountcastle, Producer/Former US Attorney, Don Priess Producer/Editor, and Consumer Voice who has partnered with Susie to help produce this important documentary film, and the organizations that have endorsed the docuseries; the Sedona International Film Festival in Sedona, Arizona, Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles, Ninetythree Media, Blind Logic Productions, LLC, Cleveland Film Festival, Film Pittsburgh, and Cordillera International Film Festival, and the administration, staff, and residents of the Brookridge Retirement Community in Lawton, Oklahoma (where my beautiful parents live) and the Brookdale Chambrel Roswell Senior Living Solutions in Roswell, Georgia (where my friend Tony Copeland-Parker lives).

The personal COMMUNICATION tools we’ll employ are found on the cellphones and computers of virtually every person connected to everyone and every group mentioned above, and anyone else who happens to read this post or posts on social media about this post. With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and others, we—the powerful combination of Susie + Rick + Don + Consumer Voice + the Sedona International Film Festival + the Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles + Ninetythree Media + Blind Logic Productions + Cleveland Film Festival + Film Pittsburgh + Cordillera International Film + the Brookridge Retirement Community + Brookdale Chambrel Roswell Senior Living Solutions + Happy Living + the NETWORKS of all our connected communities, too—can reach potentially millions of people in virtually every region of the world, almost instantly.

And this is where we wield the power of the ASK. We can ASK the millions of people in our collective global NETWORKS to do two small things in support of our charitably-minded experiment:

1. Buy a book from Happy Living with 100% of all proceeds going to help with the final funding of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE, and
2. Share this post in their NETWORKS, making the same charitable ASK.

Following the ASK, our worldwide DISTRIBUTION power kicks in. Happy Living books are available in ebook and paperback formats, and all are available in Amazon marketplaces all around the world—the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy the Netherlands, Japan, India, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. We have the DISTRIBUTION power to deliver our ebooks instantly and the paperbacks in just a matter of days to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time.

We can deliver one book, one hundred books, or one hundred thousand books with the same effort—it’s truly amazing. That’s the power of NEAR-ZERO MARGINAL COST and that’s what gives our fundraiser of LOVE its financial heft. Happy Living has already paid all the costs associated with publishing our books and setting up the global DISTRIBUTION power within Amazon, which means we can donate every single penny of profit to Susie to help her get this important documentary film across the finish line and out in the world where it belongs. Yes, 100% of the profits from all our books sold between now and June 30, 2024, will go to the final funding of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE.

The final part of this mash-up is far and away the most important. If we get just a little LOVE from our powerful NETWORK of like-minded folks, we’ll likely sell a few books and raise a few bucks. But imagine if a whole bunch of LOVE is poured throughout our NETWORK and thousands and thousands of people buy Happy Living books and share the LOVE within their NETWORKS, too…ASKING their friends and family to buy our books and share the LOVE again throughout their networks. Imagine that reach! Imagine that power!!! If we could sell thousands of books and raise $5,000+ or tens of thousands of books and raise $50,000+, well, that would demonstrate the kind of LOVE Rumi was trying to describe when he said, “If you put your heart against the earth with me, in serving every creature, our Beloved will enter you from our sacred realm and we will be, we will be so happy.”

It would make me so happy if you’ll put your heart against the earth with me, in serving others, in this charitably-minded experiment of the incredible power of LOVE!

With LOVE,

(a.k.a. Mr. Happy Living)