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�he year ���� brought upheaval on agloballevel� on a personallevel , Cyndie Spiegel e�perienced morebad news than most . Within a relatively short period , her nephew was murdered , her mother passed away , her brother went into cardiac arrest , and she wasdiag- nosedwith breast cancer . In Micro�oys : Findin�n� Hope ��specially��hen Life�s Not �kay , Spiegel digs deeper intoher e�amination of positive psychology , which she wrote about in ��earof�ositive �hinkin� : �nspiration , �isdom , and �oura�e . Spiegel recommends �a practiceofdiscerning joy in any moment , accessible to everyone , �and de�nes microjoys as �the small miraclesthatgiveusthe
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