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'Tell Me Two Things Good': A Happiness Experiment

One of my old pals used to come walking into a room at the end of a long day, sigh, look around, and say, "Tell me two things good." They could be big things, small things, anything — he had to hear two things, and they had to be good things, and you had to think of them right away.

Wednesday night, I asked Twitter this crucial question. Here are some of the responses.

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Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.