Here are two recent quotes on “Happiness” from The Grasshopper that I believe are worth contemplating:

“If you allow someone’s actions or inactions to determine your happiness, you have given away your free will.”

“Waiting for something specific to happen to make you happy, decreases your chances for happiness.”

All the best,

John

P.S. I thought you would enjoy reading the letter I sent out to my John Morgan Seminars database this morning. I call it CHRISTMAS IRONY.

Here is an email tale of two Christmases.

I told you that our shipping manager and her husband are on a cross-country motorcycle tour and are shipping all our HALF PRICE HOLIDAY ORDERS from the different towns and cities they pass through.

You may remember that we bought them a trailer so they could bring all of our Hypnosis DVDs and CDs with them. Well, the Christmas Spirit is on shaky ground with our shipping manager. It has nothing to do with the shipping of products but with the radio. Perhaps an email I received will explain . . .

John,

We are in Tombstone, Arizona and we have shipped hundreds of orders from the different cities we have visited so far. How about that story from the guy in Taos? I have to tell you that I get a good feeling when we ship the products in time for holiday gift giving BUT I have had it with the Christmas music.

You know our helmets are equipped to hear each other and to play the radio that’s positioned on the bike. Well, hubby insists on listening to the radio non-stop while we are riding. Who starts playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving? Everybody!!

I’ve had a non-stop diet of it since we’ve left central Florida. If I hear “Feliz Navidad” one more time, I think I’ll puke in my helmet. I know you were in radio; don’t they have more of a variety? Sorry to go off on a tangent but it is driving me nuts.

The other email came from a woman in Olathe, KS.

Hi John,

I went to your Weight Loss Seminars in Overland Park, Kansas 3 years ago and lost all the weight I wanted to lose (35 pounds) and have kept it off. Thank you!

At the seminar, I bought your RELAX IN 2 MINUTES CD for my husband who was always on edge. I had a hard time convincing him to try it but after he did, he listened to it all the time until he could do the relaxation process you teach all by himself. I also thought you would like to hear the following story.

Our son came home from Iraq and surprised us with a Thanksgiving visit. We were so thrilled to have him home and were so excited to be able to share that moment with our family at Thanksgiving. The next day when all the company was gone and my husband and son were sharing a plate of leftovers, my husband noticed how jittery my son seemed to be. His leg was going a mile a minute and his hands were quite active drumming on the table top. My husband recognized the behavior as the one he used to display all the time. He brought it to our son’s attention and told him about the CD he had used. My son began listening to it that day. He put it on his iPod along with some of his favorite Christmas songs.

Just two days later my husband noticed a big improvement in our son’s behavior and asked him how he liked the CD. He said it was very relaxing and wished he had it with him overseas. He said it’s his number 2 favorite on his iPod right behind Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano. You should know we are Mexican-Americans and play that song around our house every Christmas. So you and Jose are helping our boy calm down. Thank you for helping our family. God Bless you and Feliz Navidad!

The irony of the two stories was too good to not pass along.

And our HALF PRICE HOLIDAY SALE is too good to pass up. Every one of our life enhancing DVDs and CDs is HALF PRICE with FREE SHIPPING through Midnight December 14, 2008 which will be here soon. Don’t miss this opportunity to get all of the CDs and DVDs you want for HALF PRICE and with FREE SHIPPING. Order online at http://johnmorganseminars.com

Here is a complete listing of our DVDs and CDs available at HALF PRICE with FREE SHIPPING:

LOSE WEIGHT and KEEP IT OFF

STOP SMOKING FOREVER

IMPROVE YOUR SELF IMAGE

SLEEP ALL NIGHT

I LOVE MY BODY

RELAX IN 2 MINUTES

FOREVER YOUNG

HYPNOSIS FOR GOLF MASTERY

VIRTUAL MASSAGE

CALM & AND COLLECTED

HYPNOSIS FOR DOGS

Logon now to http://johnmorganseminars.com and order all the products you want at HALF PRICE. All HALF PRICE discounts will be applied at checkout. And remember, there is FREE SHIPPING.

I would hate for you to miss out on the HALF PRICE HOLIDAY Sale. It will end on December 14^th and all prices will return to normal. All orders received before the HALF PRICE deadline will be shipped in time for Christmas. I request that your order now at http://johnmorganseminars.com

The next time I hear Feliz Navidad on the radio, I wonder which one of the stories I will think of first. I hope it will remind you to take advantage of our HALF PRICE HOLIDAY SALE at http://johnmorganseminars.com

All the best,

John

P.S. If you have someone jittery on your holiday list, remember to order RELAX IN 2 MINUTES for them.