Mr. Milton's Miraculous Depression Cure

This next one is an old saw that's been tossing around the inspiration blogs for awhile.  Sort of like that meme graphic where President Lincoln says something about quotes you find on the Internet.  I still think it's cool, anyway.

What makes the story remarkable is that it presents a very simple, very obvious solution to a deeply ingrained problem many people deal with.  Its a solution I've written about on this blog more than once.  Often I have to keep reminding myself to practice it.

The story describes a depressed disabled spinter wanting to die.  Her nephew arranged to have her visited by Milton Erickson, a psychiatrist and hypnotist know for his unorthodox methods of getting spectacular results with patients.  He gave her purpose.

The solution was very simple, but it saved her life.  She lived another twenty years and passed away mourned by thousands. People pay large sums of money for help with what Erickson solved for free, with AFRICAN VIOLETS.

Bill O'Hanlon, one of Erickson's colleagues, shares the story: