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Healing Existential Angst
(Bla bla bla, insert erudite, academically thorough, scientifically verified research about the power of the mind to create new neural pathways that benefit those who suffer with isolation, depression, eating disorders, etc. Use big words combined with little words so nobody feels left out. Make it a super irresistible intro. Then proceed with this:)
Set a timer for forty-five minutes. During that time, just be you. Do whatever you do for forty-five minutes. When the timer goes off, stop.
Look around you.
Feel yourself as part of the family of things.
Take your chair, for instance. Someone had to make it. Even if it was a machine, someone had to operate that machine all day and then go home tired. They have favorite foods, things that make them laugh, maybe a family, maybe not, maybe a shy heart hungry for love.
Be mindful of the people that helped make this chair, and of the countless conditions that played a part in making it. The elements, time, cooperation between millions of beings (farmers, lumberjacks, designers, grocery store clerks, engineers, carpenters, factory workers, accountants, truckers, etc.)— feel all these conditions as your family.
