Common sense is 235 years old. Common Sense, that is: The 18th-century pamphlet by the Englishman Thomas Paine that argued beautifully for independence from British rule in just 48 pages.
While this opus is still very much alive in classrooms, websites, and C-Span Television screens across the nation, the other "common sense" is very much dead.
Yup. Gone and buried is that silent little voice that helped us make wise decisions and choices.
Why else do people resort to Chicken Soup for the Soul products to find solutions in other people's "been there done that" serial stories of, say, "energy, endurance and endorphins"? Or stories that inspire you to count your blessings, or how to find silver linings. Mmmm mmmm good!
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