All healthy Threes are 'do gooders' to some extent because the base metabolism of 'perfect mirroring'* leads to 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. But Mark Laita outdoes himself. His 'center of gravity' appears to be L3 Outstanding Paragon, and average self-promotion shows through when, for instance, he suggests his project can be a 'crash course in empathy' or has to tell us how much money he's spent on the homeless.
But 'Soft White Underbelly' is L1++ A list top of the line.
"....One report quotes his widow saying soon after his death [at 39]–-'only with slight exaggeration' – that 'Harry was supporting 17 relatives, 14 associations, seven foundations, and 82 charities. Harry wasn't interested in saving money. He always said, 'Money is for people,' so he gave it away.' Despite his success as a musician, he left little money and it was difficult to maintain the causes for which he raised more than $3 million in the last six years of his life. The Harry Chapin Foundation was the result...On the afternoon of July 16, 1981...Chapin was fatally injured in a fiery traffic collision with a semi-trailer truck outside Jericho, New York...Chapin's widow Sandy won a $12 million decision in a negligence lawsuit against Supermarkets General, the owners of the truck involved. Chapin is buried in the Huntington Rural Cemetery in Huntington, New York. His epitaph is taken from his 1978 song "I Wonder What Would Happen to This World":
Oh if a man tried
To take his time on Earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
I wonder what would happen
to this world"
--wiki
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'The song's lyrics began as a poem written by Harry's wife...Chapin also said the song was about his own relationship with his son, Josh, admitting, 'Frankly, this song scares me to death'.--wiki
From the album 'Verities and Balderdash'.
Counter-vanity. He guesses he's 'known as the most politically and socially active performer in America', and has 'more foibles than most people'.
The part about the burning car ^ is eerie. But 'fortune' is at home in high 3--the convergence of destiny, dumb luck, and sheer work. "There's you, babe, and there's me, and God" and the land, Harry Crane tells Mail Order Annie. Holy Law/Harmony/Hope, the calibration of the outer and inner in resonance. She is more than she appears to be.