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What is enough?

It's a deeply personal question, so I will give you a couple minutes to consider your answer.

As Maria Shriver ponders in this week's edition of the Sunday Paper, "When do you know you've had enough? When do you finally feel that you are enough? When is enough, enough?"

All are good questions worth consideration. Our responses will depend on our perceptions and experiences. The word we use to follow "enough" may tend to define who we are and our core system of beliefs.

When my kids were arguing over some mindless matter, like who got to ride shotgun on the way to school, how...