A local chapter of a national charity realized it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer.

So, a senior manager from the charity paid the lawyer a visit in his expensive office. The vmanager opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that even though your annual income is over a million dollars, you don't give a penny to any of the numerous local or national charities. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through our organization? " The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?" Embarrassed, the charity manager mumbles, "Ooh...

no, I didn't know that." "Secondly, " says the lawyer, "my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheel chair and is unable to support his wife and six children?" The stricken charity manager begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again. "Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died In a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children?" The humiliated charity manager, completely beaten, says, "I'm sorry, I had no idea.." And the lawyer says, "So... if I don't give money to them, what makes you think I would give any to you?"