Thank God for America!

Message/Experiment of the Week:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Declaration of Independence | National Archives Thanks to these words you have the power to create the life you want. You will not be forced by a king or tyrant to do what they want. So, are you creating the life you want? If not, you are letting society or someone else create it for you. The founding fathers and the American people of 1776 decided to create the lives they wanted, and as a result they created a new world we are still grateful for today!

Quotes of the Week:

• "We have it in our power to begin the world over again. A situation, similar to the present, hath not happened since the days of Noah until now. The birthday of a new world is at hand, and a race of men, perhaps as numerous as all Europe contains, are to receive their portion of freedom from the events of a few months. The reflection is awful, and in this point of view, how trifling, how ridiculous, do the little paltry cavilings of a few weak or interested men appear, when weighed against the business of a world.” ―Thomas Paine

• “The best decisions you will make are the ones that everyone else will say are stupid, risky, or crazy. And they’re right. To normal people, they are, but that’s exactly why you’re doing it. You deeply understand that it’s the only way to never end up like them.” What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.” ―Dan Koe

Video of the Week:

What Makes America Exceptional with Akhil Amar (start around minute 10)

Song of the Week:

Jacob Collier & Chris Martin - Fix You (Live from O2 Arena)

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