Practice Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty. Used by permission of Adair Lara. ©1991 Adair Lara. This article originally appeared in Glamour.
A Life Worth Saving, Two Brothers and The Optimist. Reprinted from More Sower's Seeds by Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R. ©1990 by Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R. Used by permission of Paulist Press.
Heaven and HellThe Real Difference and My Father When I Was . . . Permission granted by Ann Landers/Creators Syndicate.
Grandmother's Gift. Reprinted by permission of D. Trinidad Hunt. ©1994 D. Trinidad Hunt.
Angels Don't Need Legs to Fly. Reprinted by permission of Stan Dale. ©1994 Stan Dale.
The Little Glass Chip and Graduation, Inheritance & Other Lessons. Reprinted by permission of Bettie B. Youngs. Excerpted from Values from the Heartland: Stories of an American Farmgirl. ©1994 Bettie B. Youngs.
The Martyrdom of Andy. Reprinted by permission of Ben Burton. ©1994 Ben Burton.
If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again. From the book Full Esteem Ahead by Diane Loomans with Julia Loomans. Reprinted by permission of H J Kramer c/o Global Learning, Box 1203, Solana Beach, CA 92075. All rights reserved.
He Is Just a Little Boy. Reprinted by permission of Bob Fox. ©1994 Bob Fox.
Will You, Daddy? Reprinted by permission of Michael Foster. ©1994 Michael Foster.
But You Didn't. Reprinted by permission of Stan Gebhardt. ©1994 Stan Gebhardt.
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The Spirit of Santa Doesn't Wear a Red Suit and Suki . . . A Best Friend for All Reasons. Reprinted by permission of Patty Hansen. ©1994 Patty Hansen.
The Little Lady Who Changed My Life. Reprinted by permission of Tony Luna. ©1994 Tony Luna.
10th Row Center. Reprinted by permission of Jim Rohn. ©1994 Jim Rohn.
The Gift. Reprinted by permission of John Catenacci. ©1994 John Catenacci.
She Remembered. Reprinted by permission of Lisa Boyd. ©1994 Lisa Boyd.
Rescued. Used by permission of Leadership . . . with a human touch. Published by The Economics Press, Inc.
Go Into the Light. Reprinted by permission of Donna Loesch. ©1994 Donna Loesch.
A Hero's Story. Reprinted by permission of Frederick E. Pulse III. ©1994 Frederick E. Pulse III.
Do It Today! Reprinted by permission of Robert Reasoner. ©1994 Robert Reasoner.
Remembering Ms. Murphy. Reprinted by permission of Beverly Fine. ©1994 Beverly Fine.
The Right Words. Reprinted with permission from Guideposts Magazine. ©1994 by Guideposts Associates, Inc., Carmel, NY 10512.
An Act of Kindness for a Broken Heart. Reprinted by permission of Meladee McCarty. ©1994 Meladee McCarty.
See You in the Morning, The Magic Pebbles and The Finest Steel Gets Sent Through the Hottest Furnace. Reprinted by permission of John Wayne Schlatter. ©1994 John Wayne Schlatter.
Love Never Leaves You. Reprinted by permission of Stanley D. Moulson. ©1994 Stanley D. Moulson.
The Prettiest Angel. Reprinted by permission of Ralph Archbold. ©1994 Ralph Archbold.
A Place to Stand. Reprinted by permission of Charles Garfield. ©1994 Charles Garfield.
AttitudeOne of Life's Choices. Reprinted by permission of Bob Harris. ©1994 Bob Harris.
We're the Retards. Condensed from 'Don't Waste Your Time With Those Kids," by Janice Anderson Connolly, from the book, The First Year of Teaching. Edited by Pearl Rock Cane. ©1991 by Pearl Rock Cane. Reprinted with permission from Walker and Company, 435 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014, 1-800-289-2553. All rights reserved.
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