Table of Contents
Foreword Heidi Krupp xiii
Introduction 1
How It All Began Jack Canfield 3
1 On Love
My Soul Mate Mark Victor Hansen 13
The Spirit of Love Deepak Chopra 22
Love: The One Creative Force Eric Butterworth 27
All I Remember Bobbie Probstein 29
Heart Song Patty Hansen 31
True Love Barry Joyce Vissell 33
The Hugging Judge Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 35
It Can't Happen Here? Jack Canfield 39
Who You Are Makes a Difference Helice Bridges 42
One at a Time Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 45
The Gift Bennett Cerf 47
A Brother Like That Dan Clark 48
On Courage Dan Millman 50
Big Ed Joe Batten 52
Love and the Cabbie Art Buchwald 55
A Simple Gesture John W. Schlatter 58
The Smile Hanoch McCarty 60
Amy Graham Mark Victor Hansen 63
A Story for Valentine's Day Jo Ann Larsen 66
Carpe Diem! Alan Cohen 69
I Know You, You're Just Like Me! Stan Dale 74
The Gentlest Need Fred T. Wilhelms 77
Bopsy Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 79
Puppies for Sale Dan Clark 83
2 Learning to Love Yourself
My Inner Physician Kris Carr 89
There Is Nothing Wrong with You Robert Holden 93
The Wise Monk Mastin Kipp 96
My Sister, My Friend Lori Deschene 100
The Golden Buddha Jack Canfield 103
Start with Yourself, Anonymous 106
Nothing But the Truth! Dallas Morning News 107
Covering All the Bases, Source Unknown 108
My Declaration of Self-Esteem Virginia Satir 110
The Bag Lady Bobbie Probstein 112
Response/Ability Bernard Gunther 114
The Rules for Being Human Chérie Carter-Scott 117
3 On Parenting
Training Camp Darren Hardy 123
See the Miracle Eric Handler 126
Children Learn What They Live Dorothy L. Nolte 130
Why I Chose My Father to Be My Dad Bettie B. Youngs 132
The Animal School George H. Reavis 139
Touched Victor Nelson 141
I Love You, Son Victor B. Miller 144
What You Are Is as Important as What You Do Patricia Fripp 147
The Perfect American Family Michael Murphy 149
Just Say It! Gene Bedley 154
A Legacy of Love Bobbie Gee 157
4 On Learning
Controlled Arrogance Mehmet Oz 163
I Am Happiness Robert Holden 166
A Light in the Darkness Nide Ortner 169
A Visit with Grandfather don Miguel Ruiz 172
Bilding Me a Fewchr Frank Trujillo 175
I Like Myself Now Everett Shostrum 176
All the Good Things Helen P. Mrosla 177
You Are a Marvel Pablo Casals 181
We Learn by Doing John Holt 182
The Hand, Source Unknown 183
The Little Boy Helen E. Buckley 184
I Am a Teacher John W. Schlatter 189
5 Live Your Dream
My Own Destiny Tory Johnson 195
I Think I Can! Michele Borba 198
Rest in Peace: The "I Can't" Funeral Chick Moorman 200
The 333 Story Bob Proctor 204
There Are No Vans Anthony Robbins 207
Ask, Ask, Ask Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 211
Did the Earth Move for You? Hanoch McCarty 214
Tommy's Bumper Sticker Mark Victor Hansen 216
If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get-But If You Do, You Do Rick Gelinas 220
Rick Little's Quest, Adapted from Peggy Mann 223
The Magic of Believing Edward J. McGrath, Jr. 227
Glenna's Goal Book Glenna Salsbury 228
Another Check Mark on the List John Goddard 231
Look Out, Baby, I'm Your Love Man! Jack Canfield 237
Willing to Pay the Price John McCormack 240
Everybody Has a Dream Virginia Satir 243
Follow Your Dream Jack Canfield 245
The Box Florence Littauer 247
Encouragement Nido Qubein 250
Walt Jones Bob Moawad 251
Are You Strong Enough to Handle Critics? Theodore Roosevelt 255
Risking Patty Hansen 256
Try Something Different Price Pritchett 258
Service with a Smile Karl Albrecht Ron Zenke 260
6 Overcoming Obstacles
The Blank Page, MK Asante 265
Obstacles Viktor E. Frankl 268
Consider This Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 269
John Corcoran-The Man Who Couldn't Read Gary Smith 272
Don't Be Afraid to Fail, United Technologies Corporation 276
Abraham Lincoln Didn't Quit, Source Unknown 277
Lesson from a Son Danielle Kennedy 279
Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks Dottie Walters 283
For Me to Be More Creative, I Am Waiting for… David B. Campbell 287
Everybody Can Do Something Jack Canfield 291
Yes, You Can Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 294
Run, Patti, Run Mark Victor Hansen 296
The Power of Determination Burt Dubin 298
Faith Roy Campanella 300
She Saved 219 Lives Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen 302
Are You Going to Help Me? Mark Victor Hansen 305
Just One More Time Hanoch McCarty 307
There Is Greatness All Around You-Use It Bob Richards 309
7 Eclectic Wisdom
In a Heartbeat Anthony Robbins 315
To Connect, Must We Disconnect? Michael Bernard Beckwith 319
How to Give Up Bad Habits Gabrielle Bernstein 321
The Two Saddest Words Amy Newmark 323
You've Got Yourself a Deal! Florence Littauer 326
Take a Moment to Really See Jeffrey Michael Thomas 328
If I Had My Life to Live Over Nadine Stair 331
Sachi Dan Millman 333
The Dolphin's Gift Elizabeth Gawain 334
The Touch of the Master's Hand Myra B. Welch 336
Afterword Amy Newmark 338
Meet the Contributors of the New Stories 343
Meet the Contributors of the Original Stories 347
Meet Our Authors 357
Thank You 360
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 361
Permissions 363
