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CaliforniaPeggy

(156,537 posts)

2. The older I get, the more I agree with you.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 12:05 AM

Feb 2012

The gifts I get from my family that I value most are things I use. My daughter makes soap from time to time, and I love it when she gives me some...

It won't take up huge amounts of space, and best of all, I love using it. The perfect gift. Personal and useful.

Socrates, according to Plato, said: The unexamined life is not worth living. I agree completely. Consuming things does not allow us to examine the meaning of our own lives...