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This is Optimal Living Daily episode 778, seven mantras for those who have lost their motivation

and hope, part one, by Mark Schernoff of Mark and Angel.com and I'm Justin Mollig,

your very own personal narrator. Welcome to Optimal Living Daily, OLD for short,

where I narrate the best blogs I can get permission from, covering personal development,

minimalism, productivity, all that kind of stuff. So today is the start of a two-parter to

bid on a longer size or read the first half today and then finish it up for you tomorrow.

So with that, let's do your part one and start optimizing your life.

Seven mantras for those who have lost their motivation and hope, part one, by Mark Schernoff

of Mark and Angel.com. Earlier today I was sitting on a park bench eating a sandwich for lunch

when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows

and turned up some jazz music on the radio. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to

the passenger's side and opened the door for the woman. He took her hand and helped her out of the

seat, guided her about 10 feet away from the car and they slowed dance for the next half hour

under the oak tree. It was a beautiful sight to see. I could have watched them forever.

And as they wrapped things up and started making their way back to the car, I clapped my hands in

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