You can tell a lot about a person by the physical objects they keep near them.
For Carl Rogers Ackerman, his prized possession is a tiny paperweight featuring that famous quote by American author Robert Byrne: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”
The item arrived as a gift from a visiting member of the Baltimore Community Foundation many moons ago and it’s usually found resting on Ackerman’s desk in his Mānoa Valley home…