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I received a Christmas card from someone whose name I did not recognize.\u00a0 Inside was one of the most poignant messages I’ve ever received from a workshop participant:
\n“Jim, <\/strong><\/span>
\nI attended your Happiness Seminar at the Cleveland VA Medical Center in October.\u00a0 It could not have come at a better time for me.\u00a0 I had, only the week before, finally sought help for my chronic depression.\u00a0 Some of the tools you presented fit well into the healing plan I developed with my counselor.<\/strong><\/span>
\nYour 13 Principles of Happiness<\/a> and the advice to eliminate stressors and take my own oxygen first have been instrumental in my progress.\u00a0 Thank you. <\/strong><\/span>
\nI just want to let you know that warm thoughts are with you throughout the holiday season.”<\/strong><\/span>
\nWow!\u00a0 You are welcome!
\nKnowing that the work I do can create positive changes in the lives of those I touch:\u00a0 Priceless.\u00a0 This is why I do what I do.
\nHappiness — and helping people access that happiness — changes lives.\u00a0 Way cool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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