Wholeheartedness replenishes by consolidating attention. When you are fully engaged—emotionally, ethically, and mentally—your energy isn’t spent managing internal contradiction. You may still be tired, but the tiredness carries a cleaner quality, more like completion than depletion.
This is why people sometimes report feeling invigorated after demanding experiences that matter: finishing a project that expresses their values, helping a friend through a crisis, or making a difficult but honest decision. The work is heavy, yet the self is not divided against it. [...]
