I’m not afraid to admit that I love Star Wars; I’m what you’d call a “fanboy”  As such I happen to have a few plastic lightsbers amongst other collectables from that Galaxy Far, Far, Away.  Recently, I finished a book called I Like Giving, a collection of stories about people willing to give in ways great and small to affect the lives of those around them.  I see it as a great way to make the world around you smaller than it currently is.  What’s more is that I think the giving can have even deeper meaning when someone finds a way to give out of who they have been created to be, to give out of the interests they have been gifted with.  Here is one such story, about making the world small via one lightsaber.

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