http://www.aliberlin.com Live an Extraordinary Life Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aliberlin.com/2011/11/ps-you/#comment-5 Ali Berlin Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:14:05 +0000 http://www.aliberlin.com/?p=3348#comment-5 Thanks Mel- you are right. I can't assume the authenticity and integrity mean the same thing to everyone but I think the values are worth contemplating...with or without the face paint. xoxo Thanks Mel- you are right. I can’t assume the authenticity and integrity mean the same thing to everyone but I think the values are worth contemplating…with or without the face paint. xoxo

]]> http://www.aliberlin.com/2011/11/ps-you/#comment-3 Melanie Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:55:01 +0000 http://www.aliberlin.com/?p=3348#comment-3 Well said Ali- although I think most would not understand how to live a life through integrity and authenticity if their value of worth is measured in paw print face paint and pre-game chicken wings. There is a hilarious David Sidaris essay where he reflects on a childhood memory of not wanting to share his Halloween candy. I'm simplifying, of course, but in the end, his mother says "you need to take a look at yourself...I mean a really hard look at yourself" where he then decides, there are more pleasant things to look at, so, no thank you. You do the math. Xo Well said Ali- although I think most would not understand how to live a life through integrity and authenticity if their value of worth is measured in paw print face paint and pre-game chicken wings. There is a hilarious David Sidaris essay where he reflects on a childhood memory of not wanting to share his Halloween candy. I’m simplifying, of course, but in the end, his mother says “you need to take a look at yourself…I mean a really hard look at yourself” where he then decides, there are more pleasant things to look at, so, no thank you. You do the math. Xo

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