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So this is Christmas

Posted in Contentment, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“I hate Christmas.”
That’s what I told my mom a few days ago. We were driving home from a long day of hectic last-minute Christmas shopping, and a particularly annoying cheesy commercialized Christmas song had just come on the radio. “That’s sad,” my mom said.
A lot of people would cringe at such a statement, but I [...]

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America is STUFFED

Posted in Contentment, News, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »

“A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.” -Moliere
You probably live under a rock if you haven’t heard about the poor gentleman Jdimytai Damour who was trampled to death at a WalMart in New York on Black Friday. Four shoppers were also hurt, including a woman [...]

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TOMS shoes for children in poverty

Posted in Contentment, Life as we know it, tagged , , on November 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

300 million children worldwide don’t own a pair of shoes.
A billion children in the world live in poverty (nearly half of all children).
13 million children in the U.S. live below the poverty line.
It’s staggering to think about, considering the luxury I live in and still complain. There are kids who can’t even afford a single [...]

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