Beauty in simplicity: The fabric of society in supposedly civilized societies has become frayed – stretched‚ strained and subjected to innumerable pressures. Many of these frayings were imposed in the interest of adding value to life by increasing choices for people. This has actually diminished our quality of life and induced a mental paralysis‚ the result of having too many options‚ and too many decisions to make. I believe in the innate power and virtue of simplicity. History’s most tragic errors
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The Simple Life William Zinsser in his essay‚ “Simplicity‚” describes the tendency people have to inflate their own words. A majority of us think that something is missing if a word or sentence is too simple causing us to add unnecessary information only to confuse our readers. Zinsser shows us examples of this in everyday life such as a simple letter‚ or a brochure by an insurance company‚ where the corporation uses a statement that overuses vocabulary to express something so
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McNulty‚ J.‚ Neff‚ L.‚ Karney‚ B. (2008). Journal of Family Psychology. Beyond Initial Attraction: Physical Attractiveness in Newlywed Marriage‚ 22(1)‚ 135-143. “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder”. A famous statement that normally holds true. However‚ how long will this beauty last in the beholder’s eye? Will physical appearance affect a relationship over time as the relationship deepens and develops? A study was conducted by James K. McNulty‚ Lisa A. Neff‚ and Benjamin R. Karney
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Lets start this by defining beauty-Well‚ I think it’s something that is pleasing to eyes. What about a beautiful thought? Well then beauty has to be pleasing to mind and what about beautiful music? So lets just extend it and say-beautiful to our ears. Wait didn’t we leave a few things behind? like for instance beautiful smell‚ and beautiful texture? and a beautiful poem or literature or work of art? Wow So beauty may involve a perception of pleasure to all our senses....Yes indeed I think that’s
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Simplicity For a very small business that carries a limited amount of inventory or that turns over inventory slowly‚ a mechanized inventory system is unnecessary. The business owner can easily keep track of how much merchandise is on hand with a manual system‚ or simply by applying the "eyeball test" to see if it is time to order more. The owner won’t need to spend money on inventory software or take the time to learn how to operate it. Sense of Control A manual system gives a small business owner
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Cole Ellicott Poetry Due: Monday‚ April 29th‚ 2013 The Simplistic Beauty of Life Anyone lived in a pretty how town suggests that many people live their own lives without worrying about social interactions in an attempt to attain their own personal goals and live individually. Using the story of a town in which a couple demonstrates individuality‚ the citizens of the lonely town coexist while keeping to themselves. It is hard for those who are seen as different to live in a conformist society
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into your head when you hear Africa? Before coming to Africa‚ I pictured a big‚ open‚ sandy desert‚ packed with elephants‚ zebras‚ and cheetahs. For you‚ it may be different but if you’ve never been here‚ you probably can’t picture everything that lies within this complex continent. If you asked me that same question now after being in africa my answer would be townships. Townships are areas originally created in times of Apartheid. Their original purpose was to separate races‚ blacks‚ coloreds‚
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Lies‚ Lies‚ Lies The white lie is an age old embellishment that has different reasons for being told. When it is all said and done a white lie is still a lie. A lie told with perfectly good intentions. A lie told to spare someone’s feelings. A lie about something trivial‚ which will have few consequences if you’re caught. A minor‚ polite‚ or harmless lie‚ a white lie is considered harmless as opposed to a black lie which is evil. Anything that is not accurate is a lie. There are a million
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concept of simplicity was a striking key factor. Thoreau clearly states in his first story “Economy”‚ “Moreover‚ I‚ on my side‚ require of every writer‚ first or last‚ a simple and sincere account of his own life…” (1). Simplicity comes from within and to realize the morale at such a young stage in life is a gift that many can cherish forever. Simple is best‚ how often do we find that as a contradiction‚ and how ironic that a man such as Thoreau would create irony in the word of simplicity. Within this
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Beauty Is Found in Exceptional but Not in Commonplace What do you mean by beauty.By beauty we means something that really soothes us and impacts us significantly.Some one can say beauty lies in common place for example from flowers to stars.But did they ever take time from their busy schedules to look at that flower or stars etc .The Answer will be no ‚No body have time in this competitive world to have some time for these things. But for arts like Leonado d vinci’s Monalisa which is
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