The Science of Freedom

4th of July Message 2016 (from the Archives)

(Note: I’m slowly bringing all my archived content online to Substack for paid subscribers. Here’s my 4th of July letter from 2016)

Hello my friend!

I hope you have a great day, and that you're off with your family doing something fun. I'm going to give you a short thought today; perhaps it will help today be more than just a holiday. 

July 4 is Independence Day in the United States. We celebrate our independence from Britain, earned with the heroism and blood of the earliest Americans. 

The men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and framed our constitution pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish this nation on the basis of freedom.

And now, 246 years later, I want to encourage you, no matter where you live, to embrace freedom. 

The Founders of the USA knew that freedom wouldn't come easily. They knew they would have to fight for it, go to war for it, that some of them would give their lives for it.

But being free was essential to them; they knew they couldn't continue to live under the oppression of the British king any longer. 

They had to make a change. 

And today, perhaps there is some area of your life in which you need freedom.

The good news is, science is on your side. Below are several possible declarations you could make today. Each one has a link to something helpful. I hope you find them useful.