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244 years ago this was written where you're in the middle of a great experiment that's been running

Since 1776 all men are endowed by their crater with certain

Unalienable rights among these are life liberty and the pursuit of how's it going?

We've been chasing happiness for 244 years. That's the great American experiment

We have discovered it's a wild goose chase and there's no goose. That's what we have learned in 244 years. Are people happy?

One is everyone else is now just one just one

We're all coming to your house sister after church. We want to know

We want to know what the secret is. Let's just be honest people are a little stressed and depressed

There's an attitude of pessimism and also defeat and what we're seeing is the number one category of prescription medications

Is anti-depressants the number one mental illness is anxiety

Back in June the Center for Disease Control put out a survey

We all know that surveys are true and Paul's so trust them all

Said that 40% of Americans had a diagnosed mental or behavioral disorder

And this is Thanksgiving you're gonna go see relatives and you know that they've not been diagnosed but you know that that number is higher

Hey, man

You guys are laughing because you're like he's met my family. Yes

As well didn't the election help just make us all more joyful and hopeful

Mental health apps are up 30% since the presidential election everybody's at home with a mask

Downloading in half hoping to get happy doesn't work like that. It's very lonely and sad

In addition what we are seeing is just an increase in

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