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Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Introduction
We know everything we need to know to end the needless emotional
suffering that many people currently experience. High self-esteem and
personal effectiveness are available to anyone willing to take the time to
pursue them.
It is difficult to translate the spirit of a live presentation into the written
word. Stories we tell every day have had to be rewritten five times to
work as well in print as they do live. When you are reading these
stories, please forget everything you ever learned in your speed-reading
classes. Slow down. Listen to the words in your heart as well as in your
mind. Savor each story. Let it touch you. Ask yourself, what does it
awaken in me? What does it suggest for my life? What feeling or action
does it call forth from my inner being? Let yourself have a personal
relationship with each story.
Love: The One Creative Force
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give
love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. .
. . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be
the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness
in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
Mother Teresa
A college professor had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums
to get case histories of 200 young boys. They were asked to write an
evaluation of each boy's future. In every case the students wrote, "He
hasn't got a chance." Twenty-five years later another sociology
professor came across the earlier study. He had his students follow up
on the project to see what had happened to these boys. With the
exception of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the students learned
that 176 of the remaining 180 had achieved more than ordinary success
as lawyers, doctors and businessmen.
Heart Song
Once upon a time there was a great man who married the woman of his
dreams. With their love, they created a little girl. She was a bright and
cheerful little girl and the great man loved her very much.
When she was very little, he would pick her up, hum a tune and dance
with her around the room, and he would tell her, "I love you, little girl."
When the little girl was growing up, the great man would hug her and
tell her, "I love you, little girl." The little girl would pout and say, "I'm
not a little girl anymore." Then the man would laugh and say, "But to
me, you'll always be my little girl."
The little girl who-was-not-little-anymore left her home and went into
the world. As she learned more about herself, she learned more about
the man. She saw that he truly was great and strong, for now she
recognized his strengths. One of his strengths was his ability to express
his love to his family. It didn't matter where she went in the world, the
man would call her and say, "I love you, little girl."
The day came when the little girl who-was-not-little-anymore received a
phone call. The great man was damaged.