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Three of us\u2014a doctor, his wife and I were sitting on a sandy beach listening to the pounding surf and discussing what it takes to have the Good Life.<\/p>\n

\u201cA life that\u2019s dynamic and harmonious is in balance,\u201d said the doctor. \u201cThere\u2019s intake and outflow. Activity without strain,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActivity without strain,\u201d I repeated. \u201cI\u2019d like that. Tell me how it\u2019s done.\u201d \u201c<\/p>\n

I think,\u201d said his wife, \u201cit has to do with the art of giving yourself away. There is an art to it, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

I thought of the days when I had done things I needn\u2019t have done, and others where I neglected those I ought to have done. There was far too much strain in my activity, too little balance, too little joy in the doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is this art of giving yourself away?\u201d I questioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsk any man who\u2019s mastered it,\u201d suggested the doctor. \u201cRay Burr has, for one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raymond Burr is one of Hollywood\u2019s hardest workers. Before he became famous as Perry Mason in the television series, he had acted in over 90 motion pictures. Yet he always has found time to \u201cgive himself away.\u201d<\/p>\n

I began checking facts and found there were seven trips to Korea to entertain troops; yearly benefit performances which he gives for a Catholic convent; scholarships donated to needy college students, and six orphans abroad, adopted by proxy. There also were countless civic and charitable appearances.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, facing him across a wide desk in the study of his studio bungalow, we talked, leading up to the question:<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you give yourself away<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

Raymond Burr looked thoughtful. \u201cI don\u2019t think any of us has the complete answer. But one thing that helps me is the funnel idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

I must have looked puzzled for he laughed, and then went on to explain what he called the \u201cfunnel approach\u201d to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn actor,\u201d he said, \u201cwants to make the right move or intonation at exactly the right time; to do that I believe he must leave his life open, like a funnel, not become so wholly involved with himself that he is unaware of the things and people around him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should be able to identify with the lame, the deaf, the blind\u2014to appreciate the beauty of a sunset, the feel of mud and rain, the sound of laughter, the cry or sigh of pain, the taste of tears. He needs to have a feel for books, painting, music, and people in all occupations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trick is to draw all this experience into the big end of the funnel, letting it become a part of your total awareness, an enlarging of the reservoir that is you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it\u2019s time for a particular performance, out of this (funneled in) experience will come the right move or the right intonation. But,\u201d concluded Mr. Burr, \u201can actor can\u2019t give until first he receives. And what he gives is not his own.\u201d<\/p>\n

I nodded. \u201cThis makes good sense\u2014for actors. My problem is that I need it every day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d he said, \u201cyou can apply the funnel illustration to any person\u2019s way of living. It simply requires that you accept life as it is and do not become so involved with self that you fail to recognize other people and their needs. When you let the passing scene come into your life you are immediately in communication with your fellow man and with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

This statement helped explain a number of Raymond Burr\u2019s quiet acts: the weekend flight all the way to a New England hospital to visit a badly burned girl who had asked for a picture of Perry Mason; the time when he sat up until dawn at the bedside of a make-up man who had collapsed on his set; the occasion several years ago when he welcomed at his beach home refugees from a fire that devastated the hills above Malibu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s one thing I still don\u2019t follow,\u201d I said. \u201cThrough our open funnel approach we recognize the needs of others<\/a>. But what else do you believe comes in that helps, strengthens or guides us?\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t hesitate an instant. \u201cWhen I speak of leaving yourself open to communication, I\u2019m referring not only to an awareness of others but to communication with God. While I seldom pray formally, there isn\u2019t an hour of the day or night that I am not in a state of communication or prayer. Every once in a while I catch myself saying, \u2018Please, God, I\u2019ve been good; now I want this badly next Monday.\u2019 After a minute\u2019s thought I have to say\u2014\u2019Disregard the first statement.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me acceptance is an important part of prayer. However, \u2018Thy Will Be Done\u2019 isn\u2019t a passive statement. It\u2019s an offer of cooperation in whatever God can do through us. Our part is the right hand of action, beginning with our home life and our work, because until these are in order we aren\u2019t ready to function beyond our own front yard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when they are in order,\u201d I said, \u201cyou\u2019d suggest we consider the whole world an area of need?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly,\u201d said Mr. Burr. \u201cI believe we are in trouble today because we haven\u2019t been concerned enough about each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us, of course, complain about how little time we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s avoiding responsibility,\u201d said Mr. Burr. \u201cTo be sure, there are relentless demands on all of us. I often have to say \u2018no,\u2019 but I\u2019ve said it more infrequently of late because I\u2019ve discovered there is almost always a way to do the things that confront us if we have the will to do them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome persons use the excuse: \u2018What can I\u2014just one person\u2014do in such a big world?\u2019…as if any contribution, large or small, was insignificant. There isn\u2019t anything more I can offer than myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a reflective mood so familiar to millions of Perry Mason fans, he paused, then leaned forward in his chair and continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s pretend for a moment,\u201d said Raymond Burr, \u201cthat the universe is an ocean and God is a huge bright stone. We drop the stone into the middle of this ocean. As long as the world lasts there will be a ripple. Now, let\u2019s consider that man, made in the image of God, is a pebble. No matter how small the pebble, if we drop it in this same ocean, there will be a ripple. In the same sense, then, man\u2019s life will have an effect on the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an awesome thought to consider that what we are doing this minute, one way or another, is going to have some effect on the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raymond Burr\u2019s philosophy since has helped me find a new sense of perspective about my own place in the world. Giving<\/a> is not something you do just when it\u2019s convenient. It is, in itself, the key to the Good Life.<\/p>\n

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