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minimalism in more, unlike yesterday morning, Can you playing excerpts from the Minimalist Audiobook the chapter on gift, giving specifically what are the perfect of the holidays right around the corner? So what that lets hear the audio book as we optimize your life, An excerpt from the above essential essays by the minimalist by Joshua feels member and Ryan Academics. The commodified of love there's always another holiday lurking somewhere around the corner Valentine's day mother's day, sweetest day birthdays Christmas, we ve programmed ourselves to give and receive Yes, on these and many other holidays to shore love for one another, we ve been told give giving as one of our quorum unquote love languages. This is ridiculous. We treat as gospel. I love you. See here's this expensive, shiny thing about you give giving is now

I love language anymore than pig line- is a romance language rather give giving is a destructive cultural imperative in our society, and we ve bought it literally hook line and sinker. We become consumers of love. The grotesque idea we can somehow come modify. Love is nauseating. We often give gifted or lobbies, we are troubled by real love. Buying diamonds is not evidence of everlasting devotion, commitment, trust understanding. These are indications of devotion gift, giving is by definition, transactional. But love is not a transaction love is transcendent. It transcends language. A material possessions make me shown only by our thoughts, actions and intentions, jobs in France and set a best quote. Love is about bottomless, Bothy, born out of the horse, revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are to love a specific person and to identify with his

or her struggles enjoys as if they were your own. You have to surrender some of your self unquote This doesn't mean their southern necessarily wrong with by a gift for someone, but don't fool yourself. So saying that gives with love. Love doesn't work that way an irresponsible Christmas It's easy to see. All we have arrived at the holiday shopping season. Take a look around the shopping malls are packed with herds of consumers. The store fronts are decorated in green and red. The genially commercials arrive non. Stop the holiday season has much to recommended, though each year. This time. We all feel that warm and fuzzy Christmas time Histology associate with the onset of winter. We break out the scars, the the the winter coats we go. Ice skating, go sliding we'd, hardy meals with our extend families, which eight days off work spent with our loved ones. Give thanks for the

of life. The problem is we ve condition to associate this choice time of year, the mittens declarations in the family activities with purchasing material items, we train or sell to believe buying stuff is part of Christmas. We all know, however, the holidays need to require gifts to be special rather some of your special because of his true meaning. Not the raft boxes we place under the tree, There's nothing inherently wrong with gifts, but its irresponsible for us to believe purchasing presence is a holiday requirement. Let's, instead celebrate the infinite gifts all around us either. Our presence. We have everything we need to be jolly Mary Ann joyous on Christmas. Ask for better Christmas presents. You know the time of year, skinny down to the wire just view weeks laughed until the big day when everyone unwrapped their presence drinks, are ignored and complains about what they did and didn't get for Christmas.

We at the minimum us I've always been extensively about the guess we like to receive experiences, love and time. We be remiss, however, if we did discuss the gift of giving the gift of contribution. The old saying is true, tis better to give than to receive. Get so much more. By giving a few months ago, Ryan gave his birthday to charity and raise enough money to build a well in Cambodia. Instead of accepting material birthday gifts, he was able to give Clean water to more than two hundred and fifty people who did previously have access to it. Perhaps you can do the same this Christmas. Instead of requesting gifts, you can ask people too Only to your favorite charity in your name, don't have a favorite charity cuz asking people to don't the charity water dot org. They make it easy for you, set up your own page and one hundred percent of all donations go to breathe, clean water people who need it, people who might die without it one that feel better than a new necktie, a new pair of shoes or a new peace, a jury

the worst Christmas ever his Christmas day. Andy tears off wrapping paper to reveal optimist, prime he's miles as the large robot toy comes to life with flashes and beeps Andy's parents is expressions, however, are more pained, grimaces and smiles as the toy twirls away a few minutes later and discards the toy and begins unwrapping the rest of his presence extracting each box from under the tree, one by one, some long, some tall, some heavy, some light. Each box reveals a new toy each shred of green and red wrapping paper. A flash of happiness an hour later. However, little Andy is crying hysterically based on his fits. This has Dolly been the worst Christmas ever sure. As your many of the things on his list, but is far more concerned with what he didn't receive,

What is the front of him simply remind him of what he doesn't have sounds childish, but we do the same thing. We look at things around us and want more. We covered the neighbors new car, the CO workers, new clothes, the friends New Iphone. What if Andy, was happy with the toys in front of him If we were to you just, listen the next or from the audio book, essential essays by the minimalist by Josh. Those Melbourne and rain Nicodemus Unhealthy, founded is in yesterday's content helpful when you are considering guess for the holidays and really quick, if you be in drawings, to win their books and, more just make sure your a weekly newsletter email, is to join visit old part, a start com and enter email address their work. It s the word optimal to the number four for two to two: either way works yogurt bunch of free spreadsheet tools for me that I built just for you wanting inclusive tutorial and you'll be in wrath. So books that I hand pack and mail to you myself and, as it were episode three. Seventy two,

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