1. ON LOVE 2
Love: The One Creative Force Eric Butterworth 2
All I Remember Bobbie Probstein 4
Heart Song Patty Hansen 7
True Love Barry and Joyce Vissell 9
The Hugging Judge Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 11
It Can t Happen Here? Jack Canfield 16
Who You Are Makes A Difference Helice Bridges 19
One At A Time Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 22
The Gift Bennet Cerf 24
A Brother Like That Dan Clark 25
On Courage Dan Millman 27
Big Ed Joe Batten 28
Love And The Cabbie Art Buchwald 31
A Simple Gesture John W: Schlatter 34
The Smile Hanoch McCarty 36
Amy Graham Mark V. Hansen 39
A Story For Valentine s Day Jo Ann Larsen 42
Carpe Diem! Alan Cohen 45
I Know You, You re Just Like Me! Stan Dale 51
Another Way Terry Dobson 55
The Gentlest Need Fred T. Wilhelms 59
Bopsy Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 61
Puppies For Sale Dan Clark 65
2. LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF 68
The Golden Buddha Jack Canfield 68
Start With Yourself Anonymous 71
Nothing But The Truth! Dallas Morning News 72
Covering All the Bases Source Unknown 73
My Declaration Of Self-Esteem Virginia Satir 74
The Bag Lady Bobbie Probstein 76
Response/Ability Bernard Gunther 78
The Rules For Being Human Cherie Carter-Scott 80
3. ON PARENTING 82
Children Learn What They Live Dorothy L. Nolte 83
Why I Chose My Father To Be My Dad Bettie B. Youngs 85
The Animal School George H. Reavis 93
Touched Victor Nelson 95
I Love You, Son Victor B. Miller 98
What You Are Is As Important As What You Do Patricia Fripp 101
A Mom s Life Delia Ephron 103
The Perfect American Family Michael Murphy 106
Just Say It! Gene Bedley 111
A Legacy Of Love Bobbie Gee 115
On Parenting Kahlil Gibran 117
4. ON LEARNING 119
Bilding Me A Fewchr Frank Trujillo 119
I Like Myself Now Everett Shostrum 120
All The Good Things Helen P. Mrosla 121
You Are A Marvel Pablo Casals 125
All I Ever Really Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergarten Robert Fulghum 126
We Learn By Doing John Holt 128
The Hand Source Unknown 129
The Royal Knights Of Harlem Gloria Steinem 130
The Little Boy Helen E. Buckley 136
I Am A Teacher John W. Schlatter 141
5. LIVE YOUR DREAM 145
Make It Come True Dan Clark 145
I Think I Can! Michele Borba 146
Rest In Peace: The I Can t Funeral Chick Moorman 149
The 333 Story Bob Proctor 153
There Are No Vans Anthony Robbins 156
Ask, Ask, Ask Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 160
Did The Earth Move For You? Hanoch McCarty 163
Tommy s Bumper Sticker Mark V. Hansen 165
If You Don t Ask, You Don t Get—But If You Do, You Do Rick Gelinas 170
Rick Little s Quest Adapted from Peggy Mann 174
The Magic Of Believing Edward J, McGrath Jr. 179
Glenna s Goal Book Glenna Salsbury 180
Another Check Mark On The List John Goddard 183
Look Out, Baby, I m Your Love Man! Jack Canfield 189
Willing To Pay The Price John McCormack 193
Every Body Has A Dream Virginia Satir 197
Follow Your Dream Jack canfield 200
The Box Florence Littauer 202
Encouragement Nido Qubein 206
Walt Jones Bob Moawafd 207
Are You Strong Enough To Handle Critics? Theodore Roosvelt 212
Risking Patty Hansen 213
Try Something Different Price Pritchett 215
Service With A Smile Karl Albrecht and Ron Zenke 217
6. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES 219
Obstacles Viktor E. Frankl 219
Consider This Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 220
John Corcoran—The Man Who couldn t Read Gary Smith 223
Don t Be Afraid To Fail Wall Street Journal 227
Abraham Lincoln Didn t Quit Source Unknown 228
Lesson From A Son Danielle Kennedy 230
Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks Dottie Walters 234
For Me To Be More Creative, I Am Waiting For David B. Campbell 239
Everybody Can Do Something Jack Canfield 242
Yes, You Can Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen 245
Run, Patti, Run Mark V. Hansen 248
The Power of Determination Burt Dubin 251
The Power Of Optimism Alan Loy McGinnis 253
Faith Roy Campanella 259
She Saved 219 Lives Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hamsen 261
Are You Going To Help Me? Mark V. Hansen 265
Just One More Time Hanoch McCarty 267
There Is Greatness All Around You—Use It Bob Richards 269
7. ECLECTIC WISDOM 272
You ve Got Yourself A Deal Florence Littauer 272
Take A Moment To Really See Jeffrey Michael Thomas 274
If I Had My Life to line Over Nadine Stair 278
Two Monks Irmgard Schloegl 280
Sachi Dan Millman 281
The Dolphin s Gift Elizabeth Gawain 282
The Touch Of The Master s Hand Myra B. Welch 284
Who Is Jack Canfield? 286
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 288
What People Are Saying About 290