Jack Canfield
Paperback | Pages: 428 pages Rating: 3.96 | 35070 Users | 850 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| ISBN: | 1558749209 (ISBN13: 9781558749207) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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¡REVIEW #500!one fine summer day, young mark monday - aged 4 or 5 - was tooling around the neighborhood on his Big Wheel. he was a happy lad and liked to make others around him feel happy too. this outlook soon saw its first challenge when he wheeled up to his friend Tommy - who looked miserable and had clearly been crying.
"What's the matter, Tommy?"
"Dad's going away!"
young mark monday was a military brat and so was Tommy, so mark knew exactly how he felt. he had felt the same way, many times. but he hated seeing his friend Tommy looking so upset. he thought for a moment, and as his thoughts tended to do, they moved towards his favorite shows, Sesame Street and Electric Company. what happened when kids had problems on those shows, problems that they didn't know how to solve? why, they sang about them! and then the problems just didn't seem so big anymore. and so young mark sang.
"Don't be sa-ad, Tommy!
Just be gla-ad, Tommy!
The sun is bright,
Let your heart take --"
mark was silenced when Tommy suddenly picked up a rock and smashed it right into his face. then Tommy ran off. mark sat there stunned... then slowly rode his Big Wheel home, crying and bleeding. from that day on, he knew the dangers of trying to turn a frown upside down.
Mention Of Books Chicken Soup for the Soul
| Title | : | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Author | : | Jack Canfield |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 428 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2001 by HCI (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Self Help. Inspirational. Short Stories. Personal Development. Psychology. Spirituality |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 35070 Users | 850 ReviewsArticle Of Books Chicken Soup for the Soul
Not sure how I feel about this book, and was not inclined to read all the way through. It's the first (and only) one of this series I have looked at, and it doesn't really appeal. Perhaps it's more for American tastes, and I am just a cynical Brit. I can see that it's a good thing to have a book of inspirational stories, but I can't help thinking that they may be no more than fiction, and a clever marketing idea has made these books the best-sellers they are.However, cynicism aside, if someOne of those books which forces one to think positive even if one is 100% doomed to failure, extinction, defeat, or death
Once, I started reading I just wanted to keep on going. Beautiful compilation of inspiring and most importantly, True stories.Mostly, I read self-help books, in which I had to follow an order in which I read the book. But, having this book was a refreshing change for once.
This series of books have the same tone as those cynical, anti-intellectual mega-church TV preachers who wear $30,000 wristwatches and claim to have all of the answers to your existence. If every story in this book isn't 100% fabrication, I'm certain that they have been generously embellished (sort of the same thing as fabricated). Spoiler Alert! Your prayers are never answered; for every happy ending there are countless unhappy stories. Everyone dies, sooner or later. You can kid yourself about
This book is about being motivated in life. The stories written are by people who actually survived cancer. They write their own story and the author will compile these stories into one. The book teaches about the value of resilience and how other people are suffering in life but still know there is still light in the end of the tunnel. There is this one story that also touched me, a single women adopted a cat who ended up being sick over the time of taking care of the cat. The women got sick as
I think the best thing in this book is the section about John Goddard, a kid who sits down and makes a "life's list" or a "bucket list" as it was popularized by the movie. And that kid did some absolutely amazing things! I was blown away, and still make copies of that story to share with teens when I teach them. It strongly influenced my habit of setting goals and trying to keep track of the adventures that I do have. But to be honest, I can't remember many (any?) of the other stories.
I don't really remember the stories anymore, but I liked it when I read it in elementary school!
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