Calm column: Read the signs

- Kathy Baker

It seems we are always being pulled in so many directions. We get constant bombardments from the media — “do this” and “don’t do that.” Read this and your life will be transformed. Use the right toothpaste for a blindingly bright smile. Eat your veggies. Exercise. Turn off the TV. Meditate. Lose weight. Lose the attitude. And don’t get me started on the never-ending soap opera of American politics.

Enough! Enough, I say! As far as I’m concerned, a much simpler approach works: Just read the signs.

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