{"id":94,"date":"2008-12-23T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmaworks.com\/observations\/?p=93"},"modified":"2008-12-23T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T13:21:15","slug":"spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Christmas Spirit?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the Spirit of Christmas is \u2013 compassion, love, joy, gratitude, generosity, empathy, reverence, whatever it is, deep down, you already know it.<\/p>\n<p>It comes to you when you hear a carol for the first time of the season (though maybe not the 50th time). It comes to you when you see young children\u2019s eyes light up when you talk about the Christmas tree. You may feel it at church, while gazing across a snowy landscape, or listening to a parent talk about bygone Christmases.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you are not church-going, or a tabernacle-attending, or mosque-praying, or ashram-relaxing, you still know this Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you might have to be still for a moment to feel the Spirit. You have to let it come in. And with all the hustle of last minute activities, this Spirit may have a difficult time getting through.<\/p>\n<p>But let it.<\/p>\n<p>You work in one of the most helpful professions on the planet. Daily, you assist people find real relief, better health, and truer happiness. You do this with your technique, with your service, and with your love.<\/p>\n<p>And you do it with this Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Our wish is for you to embrace it now and each day in New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for a new announcement from Petty, Michel and Associates.\u00a0 Boy, do we have some COOL things planned for next year!\u00a0 Really NEW stuff.\u00a0 And fun too!<\/p>\n<p>In a couple of weeks, you will see an important bulletin going out on what we recommend for essential Strategies and Tactics for Success in 2009. You won\u2019t want to miss it.<\/p>\n<p>But first, you don\u2019t want to miss the Spirit of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>And so, Merry Christmas to you.<\/p>\n<p>With love and our kindest regards to you and your families all,<\/p>\n<p>Ed, Dave, Phyllis<br \/>\nand all of us at PM&amp;A<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" title=\"christmas-6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/christmas-6-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Christmas from Dave, Dana, Dr. Peter, Phyllis, Linda, &amp; Ed\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merry Christmas from Dave, Dana, Dr. Peter, Phyllis, Linda, &amp; Ed<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Christmas Spirit? Whatever the Spirit of Christmas is \u2013 compassion, love, joy, gratitude, generosity, empathy, reverence, whatever it is, deep down, you already know it. It comes to you when you hear a carol for the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/spirit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}