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Monday’s Meditation: On Why You Won’t Find Holiday Gift Guides On Live Simply

Tis the season for gift guides, and publications, bloggers, and practically anyone else with the means to put together a product collage in some format...
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9 Verses For Thanksgiving

1. I have so much. 2. I will happily use the occasion of this day to focus my attention on the many things I have...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Selfies

Oxford Dictionaries recently announced that the word of the year is selfie. Sorry, let me run that by you again: The word of the year...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Sharing The Spotlight

I went to see David Sedaris last week. It was my second time seeing him; the first time was at the Fox Theatre in Detroit...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Shifting Focus From Negative To Positive

I want to tell you a story. A few weeks ago, I was home in Detroit for my mom's birthday. It was the morning of,...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Doing It How It’s Never Been Done

Everything has already been said. Every subject already written on. Every creation already made. One might argue such things, and certainly some have. There are...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Loving What I Do

I'm writing this post on a plane. What with the turbulence, and the fact that the woman (stranger) next thing me is subtly cuddling my...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Trusting People

My friend was recently recounting for me the tale of how the colleague whom she had trusted and regarded as a confidant, had, if appearances...
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Monday’s Meditation: On What We Have In Common, And Compassion

People's stuff tells stories. Buried away in boxes, tucked away in drawers, hanging quietly in closets, these things reveal hidden secrets; within them are tales...
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