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No One Should Live Without Joy

Through her treatment and service to others, Diana Franz finally feels content.

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No one should have

to live without joy.

(serene music)

Before I started working

with my therapist

at the VA,

I would have flashbacks

of my traumatic incident.

A lot of thoughts I

would keep running around

and around, and

around in my brain.

I was isolating

myself a lot socially.

I had lost all joy

in my life.

But working with

my therapist,

I've kind of turned

that around.

It's much easier

for me to be still,

to slow down, to

appreciate things more.

Just taking joy in

the environment,

the people that

you're surrounded by,

to be more aware of the

other people around you,

I'm getting more

joy from them now

than I have for a

long, long time.

(serene music)

The activities that I do,

a lot of them revolve

around serving

other people,

and that is the way that I

get personal fulfillment.

How's Barbara?

- She's good, she's dry.

- I'm more at

peace socially.

Smile for the camera.

(upbeat music)

- We have arrived.

- Safely

- Safe and sound.

- Yes.

(bell ringing)

- Aim.

Fire.

Aim.

Fire.

(serene music)

- When you've

wrapped up the day,

and you've achieved

even just a portion

of what you've intended to

do when you got up

and it doesn't always

involve just things

that morning,

you're doing for yourself,

there's a sense of

contentment there

that you're here

for a reason.

And I'm at peace with that.

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