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The Op-Ed (Oprah Edited)

Theologically edited java jacket quotes. That is all.
The Op-Ed (Oprah Edited)

Leadership Journal managing editor Drew Dyck drops by today to share his latest efforts as an editorial vigilante. For the record, he's not usually this grumpy . . . must not have had his coffee yet. - Paul

“Drew! Grande Americano!”

I skipped up to the counter to claim my caffeine. But just as I was about take my first sip, I spotted something on the java jacket—a quote from the former Queen of Daytime TV, Oprah Winfrey.

I usually like quotes, but this one was bad—a dreadful cliché masquerading as wisdom. My half-wakened brain reeled. I had a dilemma: go without a java jacket and burn my hand or contemplate Oprah’s “wisdom” all morning. A classic first world problem, you might say. But hey, suffering is suffering.

And my suffering increased. As the weeks passed, Starbucks continued printing Oprah quotes trumpeting a Disneyfied gospel of self-actualization. Then I realized that the solution was right in front of me. Oprah’s ...

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