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title : Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul : 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
author : Canfield, Jack
publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
isbn10 | asin :
print isbn13 : 9781558746992
ebook isbn13 : 9780585104942
language : English
subject Conduct of life, Spiritual life.
publication date : 1999
lcc : BJ1597.C45 1999eb
ddc : 158.1/28
subject : Conduct of life, Spiritual life.
Page i
What People are Saying about Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul . . .
"This is a very smart book. It understands that no obstacle in life is hardy enough to resist a strong character, a valiant heart and a ready sense of humor."
Eunice Shriver
founder, Special Olympics,
executive vice president, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
"It is known that nothing is more important than persistence and perseverance. Unsinkable Soul is a moving read."
James Redfield
author, The Celestine Prophecy
"Too many of us stuff our bodies and starve our souls. Now straight out of God's kitchen comes Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul. I heartily recommend it for those who've learned that we cannot live by bread alone."
Jack Anderson
news correspondent
"The search for inspiring, uplifting and challenging illustrations for the Sunday sermon has been made extremely easy through the wonderful stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul. The congregation always wants to know the source of the stories. These true-life stories are great encouragement to hungry souls."
Dennis G. Wood
president, Purpose Ministries
"My dreams were dashed at age eighteen; I was completely paralyzed by polio. I eventually achieved my dreams because of encouragement from people like the ones in Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul."
Dan Miller
motivational speaker and author,
Living, Laughing and Loving Life!
Page ii
"Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul is a wonderful selection of inspirational stories. They tell how you can achieve a meaningful life with belief in yourself, in the greatness of people and the goodness of God."
Ruth Stafford Peale
chairman, Guideposts, Inc.
"Each story in Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul will be read with zest, pondered quietly, and used widelya truly life-affirming accomplishment."
Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, DHC, D.D.
author, Living When a Loved One Has Died
"Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul is a collection of short stories that are inspirational, heartwarming and profoundly meaningful. These anecdotes provide examples of the indomitable human spirit. Open your heart with this book and your life will be forever enriched."
Dr. Nilufer P. Medora
professor, child development and family studies
"Thank you for Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul! Everybody goes through tough times sooner or later. This book shows how others made it and how you can too."
Harold H. LeCrone Jr., Ph.D.
psychologist and author, Striking Out at Stress
"The stories in Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul are incredible! People need a well-balanced dietthis extraordinary Chicken Soup book meets that requirement resoundingly."
Ronnie Marroquin
president, Rutherford Publishing, Inc.
"Here is a book that can give hope to those in search of courage to those who need courage, and fresh insight into how to live every day to its fullest."
Venita VanCaspel Harris
author, Money Dynamics for the 1990s
founder, VanCaspel & Company, Inc.
Page iii
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul
101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Heather McNamara
Health Communications, Inc.
Deerfield Beach, Florida
www.bci-online.com
www.chickensoup.com
Page iv
We would like to acknowledge the following publishers and individuals for permission to reprint the following material. (Note: The stories that were penned anonymously, that are in the public domain, or that were written by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen or Heather McNamara are not included in this listing.)
Growing Roots. Excerpted from Front Porch Tales, ©1997 by Philip Gulley. Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
A New Day for Dorothy. By Frances Leslie. Reprinted with permission from Guideposts magazine. Copyright ©1966 by Guideposts, Carmel NY 10512.
My Mother's Greatest Gift. Reprinted by permission of Marie Ragghianti. ©1999 Marie Ragghianti.
Sensory Deprivation. Reprinted by permission of Deborah Hill. ©1999 Deborah Hill.
The Ugliest Cat in the World, The Flight of the Red-Tail, The Ludenschide Connection and Cyclops Stole Our Hearts. Reprinted by permission of Penny Porter. ©1999 Penny Porter.
(Continued on page 368)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chicken soup for the unsinkable soul: 101 inspirational stories of overcoming life's
challenges / [compiled by] Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather
McNamara.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-55874-698-6
1. Conduct of life. 2. Spiritual life. I. Canfield, Jack. II. Hansen, Mark Victor.
III. McNamara, Heather.
BJ1597.C45 1999
158.1'28dc21 99-28465
CIP
©1999 Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
ISBN 1-55874-698-6 (trade paper) ISBN 1-55874-699-4 (hardcover)
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
3201 S.W. 15th Street
Deer field Beach, FL 33442-8190
Cover redesign by Lisa Camp
Book design by Lawna Patterson Oldfield
Page v
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xv
Share with Us
xvii
1. Taking the Challenge
Growing Roots
Philip Gulley
2
A New Day for Dorothy
Frances E. Leslie
5
My Mother's Greatest Gift
Marie Ragghianti
10
The Ugliest Cat in the World
Penny Porter
16
Small Soldiers
Rachel Berry
22
Journey Out of Silence
William L. Rush
27
The Flight of the Red-Tail
Penny Porter
31
Albert
Magi Hart
40
The Racking Horse
Lori Bledsoe as told to Rhonda Reese
42
Tina's Ten Points
Tom Krause
47
Don't Quit
Clinton Howell
49
Beat the Drum
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Carol Barre
50
The Letter
Julane DeBoer as told to Bill Holton
54
Just Do What You Can
D'ette Corona
58
2. Living Your Dream
New Directions
Maya Angelou
60
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Dare to Imagine
Marilyn King as told to Carol Kline
63
The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish
Alan D. Shultz
66
Perseverance
Anne Stortz
69
Never Give Up
Jason Morin
70
How to Be New and Different
Patricia Lorenz
73
I Was Thirty-Seven Years Old at the Time
Erma Bombeck
78
The Secret Behind My Success
Carol Burnett
80
3. The Power of Love
No Greater Love
Col. John W. Mansur
86
Dharma
Deborah Tyler Blais
89
Dear Jesse
Paula Bachleda Koskey
94
The Other Mother
Diane Payne
97
A Prayer for Children
Ina J. Hughs
100
Washing Teddy Bears
Jean Bole
102
To Love Enough
Cynthia M. Hamond
105
The Angel Who Fetched
Susan McElroy
108
Ben
Terry Boisot
112
Heaven's Very Special Child
John and Edna Massimilla
115
Lavender Roses
Charles A. Hart
117
4. The Power of Support
The Ludenschide Connection
Penny Porter
124
The Day I Finally Cried
Meg Hill
130
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Tim Hansel
133
The Joy of Usefulness
Philip Gulley
134
The Writer
Willy McNamara
137
Tzippie
Ruchoma Shain
139
Sharing Beauty
Sherry Maddox
142
Mama's Visit
Victoria Robinson
144
Margaret of New Orleans
Sara Cone Bryant
149
Bridge Builder
Will Allen Dromgoole
152
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The Yellow Ribbon
Nikki Willett
154
And, And, And
Robin L. Silverman
157
5. Insights and Lessons
The Day at the Beach
Arthur Gordon
162
A Lesson in Cloud Recognition
Joyce A. Harvey
168
A Story to Live By
Anne Wells
171
Sensory Deprivation
Deborah E. Hill
174
The Birthday Present
Mavis Burton Ferguson
176
Mrs. George
William L. Rush
178
A Bowl of Humility
Linda LaRocque
182
Wind Beneath My Wings
Karyl Chastain Beal
185
Sorrow
Abraham Lincoln
190
How I Came to Terms
Mike Cottrill as told to Bill Holton
191
Like Me
Emily Perl Kingsley
195
6. On Courage and Determination
The Best Advice I Ever Had
Maurice Chevalier
200
The Victim's Voice
Richard Jerome
206
Barriers or Hurdles?
Irvine Johnston
211
A Tribute to Courage
Victoria Robinson
213
Riley
Jeffrey Weinstein
217
You Can Beat the Odds and Be a Winner, Too
Abigail Van Buren
220
Superman Learns How to Ride
Robert Tate Miller
222
A Father's Advice
Christopher de Vinck
225
Highsights