Are Possessions Inherently Bad? Must I Give Them All Away to Be Happy?
Don’t become a monk, do this instead.
Don’t become a monk, do this instead.
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The First Purge
The first time I lost everything, I was five years old. For most American boys, the first introduction to shaving (or “buzzing”) your head comes from when you first get lice. I remember my mother led me to the back porch. There, she buzzed my head outside, took me to …
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