dearest philosophy friends and family, it is with the greatest of joy and gratitude that i write this letter to you. as you know, one year ago coty purchased philosophy. coty’s embrace of philosophy is the single greatest thing that has ever happened to philosophy since her birth. this year philosophy turns sweet sixteen and in celebration of that

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We so often hear the expression “are you looking at a glass half empty or half full?”  This week my change goes to the heart.   I aim to keep asking, am I walking through my day with a heart half empty or half full?  How often have we all gone through a

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You read that right, my friends.  That’s my tiny doing this week toward what I believe may lead me to my 2012 transformation.    My nature was always to keep moving, jump up and run out.    Every “to do” on my list was dispatched through 9ll.   “If I don’t do it, who will?” 

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This Week – My Tiny Action for big Change is to:

Imagine one Hour More – Plan one hour Less

Imagining itself is a form of planning.  And the greatest plan that has ever unfolded in my life was far beyond what I ever imagined.  I will tell you more about that in this

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My butterfly, your butterfly – a year of expansion and spreading our wings – taking chances – a year of saying  “yes.”   The Chinese say this is the year of the Dragon, The Mayans say this is the last year on our calendar. Millions are interpreting this to be the end of

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I  am so very  grateful for zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s.

I  am going to sleep…. so many wonderful things on the way for the new year…

xoxo  c

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Yes!  Here we are at “Y” and yes, almost to the end of the year.   Only one letter left in the alphabet and we are each on our way up our personal red carpet runways  to 2012.  Yes! It’s predicted by millions to be a mighty and powerful year of change and

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Which is what “x” is.    The one letter in the alphabet that has the fewest (pronounceable by me) words.  Still, to xclude x completely could be an  xtreme mistake.  Besides, who want to feel xpendable?

So I’m grateful for the x that marks the spot and  for x rated stuff  like xcitement and

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Words!   Where would we be without them?  They are our miracles and mysteries and our most complicated invention that nobody owns a patent on.  Words can inspire us and make anything possible.    They can make us laugh or cry.  They enchant and haunt us.   One word can mean three – thirty words

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And  tis the season to find them with all the coupons and Black Friday discounts that go to Cyber Monday through Thursday.  With so many values to choose from, what should go on my list of most valuable?  I’m thinking that at the very top of that list should be our own