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The word for today is whole. Happiness science is a booming field right now. In particular, Dr. Laurie Santos’s Happiness Course tries to get people to practice fulfilling, wholesome acts in order to feel complete. All those words, fulfilling, wholesome, and complete, speak to a common human urge. We all want to be whole. We want to feel cared for and to care for others. We want our work to fit into a bigger picture. As Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes sings, “I'd rather be a functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me.” How do we get there? I think part of it is just believing that you are whole. John Milton wrote, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.” We have some power over our perception, and it’s up to us to try to leverage our own minds. We’ve featured a soundtrack at the end of each episode to encourage you, me, and everyone else to widen our frame of identity. Let’s look at one that might help us to feel more whole through simple daily repetition.

Today’s concrete challenge is to post the following phrases and repeat them at the beginning and end of each day to see if it affects your feeling of wholeness. You might feel a little ridiculous saying it aloud, but try saying, “I am whole. I am happy. I am harmonious with others.”

If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write the affirmation and say it twice a day for one week.”

I’ll keep the music playing while you get it done, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode.

Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who is whole.”

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Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.

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