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I've always resisted making New Year's resolutions.

It seemed to me that they were ways of focusing on my (many) flaws, on the ways that I was broken, and attempting to fix them.

This year I see resolution in a new light.

To resolve:

To make a firm decision about.
To cause (a perso… Continue

Usually, I am not crazy about the day after a Christmas. A day feeling let-down after the intense, insane build-up to the big event. A day spent cleaning up piles of wrapping paper waste and cardboard packaging. Wrestling to free toys from their hard plastic chambers, finding batteries to put inside, instructions to read, always one non-functioning toy to take apart and fix or send back for a replacement. And then, of course, having to listen to the electronic music or voice or sound effects. A… Continue

Christmas Gift Suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

Oren Arnold

Merry Christmas, everybody!