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SO IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
JOYFUL TIME OF YEAR, BUTF YOU
ARE FEELING MORE HO HUM, YOU ARE
NOT ALONE.
THIS CAN BE A VERY STRESSFUL
YES.
THIS?
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS
GOING ON.
BUT FOR EVERYBODY IT'S NOT SO
HAPPY, HAPPY, MERRY, MERRY.
THERE COULD BE STRESS DUE TO
MAYBE IT'S THE FIRST HOLIDAY YOU
HAVE WITHOUT A RELATIVE YOU ARE
USED TO SPENDING IT WITH, OR
MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVEHE MEANS
TO PUT ON THE HOLIDAY OR
CHRISTMAS OR HANUKKAH THAT
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING.
AND YOU SAY EMBRACE THE
REASON FOR THE SEASON.
YES.
IF WE REALLY THINK ABOUT JUST
KIND OF REFLECTING AND BEING
THANKFUL FOR WHAT HAPPENED OVER
THWHOLE YEAR, EVERYBODY CAN DO
THAT.
WE CAN ALLAKE THE TIME TO SAY
LISTEN, WE'RE ALL GOING INTO NEW
YEAR, THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING
TO HAPPEN AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE,
SO WE MIGHT REFLECT AND THINK
ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
LESS FORTUNATE THAN US.
GRATITUDE IS THE ATTITUDE.
IF WE DON'T THINK ABO SOMEBODY
THAT IS MAYBE IN A WORSE
SITUATION THAN WE ARE, WE ARE
ALWAYS GOING TO FIND OURSELVES
IN VICTIM MOVE.
WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, LOOK
BACK, BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE DO
HAVE, AND KP MOVING FORWARD.
JOY.
YES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
PEOPLE -- FIRST OF ALL YOU'RE
JOYFUL THAT WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE NOT ON LIFE SUPPORT --
COULD BE WORSE.
YES, BUT U REALLY WANT TO
BE ABLE TO SAY, IF YOU ARE ABLE
TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE YOUR
ELSE.
YESTERDAY I WAS IN A STORE, AND
ONE OF MY CLIENT GAVEE THIS
HAT WITH BUNNY EARS ON, AND I
PUT IT ON BECAUSE IT HAD PURPLE
IN IT, AND A WOMAN LAUGHED AND
SAID WE NEED MORE HUMOR.
THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU CAN DO
THAT AT YOUR AGE.
AND I SAID, OF COURSE.
I'M A KID AT HEART.
AND SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY, THERE IS NO REASON TO PUT
A DAMPER ON SOMEBOD'S DAY.
UH-HUH.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE?
THE CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION OR THE
CAUSE FOR INFECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT MORE OR LESS?
SURE.
IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT
DO YOU WANT TO DO THE DAPPER DAN
OR DAPPER DORA?
NO.
SOMEONE'S LIFE.
JUST YOUR WORDS OR ATTITUDE
SHOWS LEADERSHIP.
IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE DAY,
EVEN IF YOU HAVE HAD A REALLY
HARD TRAGEDY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOM AND
DAD WHO LOST THEIR CHILDREN IN
THE FIRE LAST YEAR, ALL OF THESE
THINGS CLD BRING UP MEMORIES
NOT JUST FOR THE FAMILY, BUT FOR
US ON TE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
SO AGAIN, WE CAN ALL BE THANKFUL
FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE HERE AND
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.
YES.
YOU SAY LET THERE BE PEACE ON
EARTH, AND LET IT BE WITH ME.
THAT'S IT.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, DON'T
WORLD?
SURE.
THE GRATITUDE IS THE
OKAY.
AND IF YOU ALWAYS FOCUS ON WHAT
YOUR DREAMS ARE, THERE IS ALWAYS
SOMETHING WE CAN MOTIVATE AND
TRY TO DO BETTER FOR AND WITH
OURS, AND TO REACH OUTO
SOMEONE ELSE.
THANK YOU.
WHAT IS THE SURVIVAL KIT ABOUT?
LET'S TAKE FIVE PEOPLE FOR
EXAMPLE -- ADD ITUP TO 12.
SO IF YOU TAKE FOUR PEOPLE WHO
ARE HAVING A HARD TIME.
SOMEBODY.
PICTURE.
SHARE MEMORIES WITH PEOPLE.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO
THAT DON'T COST ANYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET TO A STORE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
SOMEONE.
AND WE DON'T.
SOMETIMES WE'RE ALSO THINKING
YOU CAN'T GO THIS PLACE BECAUSE
IT COSS TOO MUCH.
YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF FREEBEES.
THIS WEEKEND IN NEW YORK CITY,
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE LION
KING.
I TOOK MY GRANDKIDS.
IT'S FREE.
THEY LOVED IT.
WENT TO THE ROCKEFELLER TO SEE
THE CHRISTMAS TREE, JUST
EMBRACING THOSE MOMENTS AGN.
WE'RE SO FORTUNATE HERE IN THIS
UNITED STATES THAT WE REALLY
DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGELL THE
TIME OF THE FACTS.
YES, TAKE IT IN.
IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR.
SHOPPING?
ALL RIGHT.
NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT SO MUCH
ABOUT THE SHOPPING.
KIDS.
HAD DINNER WITH A GREAT FRIEND.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO EXERISE, AND
WALK AROUND NEW YORK CI.
SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
CAN DO.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE GIFTS.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT SPENDING TIME
WIT PEOPLE AND GETTING TO KNOW
WHAT MATTERS MOST AND MANAGING
EXPECTATIONS.
AND THEN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME,
DON'T MAKE THEM FEEL WORSE, JUST
EMBRACE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
AND IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN
FORTUNATE.
HERE.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
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