Open Gate T-ShirtJ. R. R. Tolkien, author of those little known books The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, was often accused of writing fairy tales that were nothing more than the escapists way out of this so called real world. His reply was simple and brilliant. He proposed that everything was dependent on that from which one is escaping. We view the flight of the deserter and the escape of a prisoner very differently. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself

because we focus our attentions exclusively on “serious” matters

” she’d say

The essays within are short and easily digestible but contain witty and wise advice from two thought leaders in the area of life balance and stress management

He uncovers some of the values that come so easily to children

The kind of life balance we can all get behind

This is an original work of art by Jason Kotecki and there are no immediate plans to make prints of this piece

hidden within

started valuing things that don’t matter

governments have gotten too big for their own good

Adultitis is always coming after us

and lightweight

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