What People Are Saying About
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul...
Nourishment for the heart and mind should not end at age sixty. Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul provides inspiration for maintaining a healthy lifestyle throughout the golden years of our lives.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
pioneer heart surgeon
president and surgeon-in-chief, Texas Heart Institute
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul is a collection of inspirational and encouraging stories which are very welcome in our present-day culture. There is so much negativity in what we read and hear every day that an uplifting book of this nature is truly worth reading.
Tom Osborne
former head football coach, University of Nebraska
and author of Faith in the Game
An inspirational collection of heartwarming stories about people over sixty living life fully with purpose and joy. A must-read for people of all ages.
Dr. Helen K. Kerschner
president, The American Association for International Aging
and The Beverly Foundation
The Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul stories gave me so many smiles and laughs. This wonderful book makes us aware that we are not alone and love is the answer.
Jane Powell
actress, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Jesus taught with storiessome parables, some allegories, some just factual accountsbut all short. He knew we could only digest truth, like Chicken Soup, in small servings, but how nourishing!
Pat Boone
entertainer
I think all of the Chicken Soup books have the faith to tell people that their problems are important and that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ralph Emery
Ralph Emery Television Productions
radio and TV personality and author
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul is the Golden Rule in book form. Read unto others as you would have them read unto you.
Bil Keane
cartoonist/creator, The Family Circus
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul is a powerful reminder that the quality of life is determined by ones attitude. A must-read for anyone wishing to enrich their years after sixty!
Ruth Matheson
general director, Leadership Management International, Canada
Canadian Woman Entrepreneur, 1999
A priceless treasury of uplifting stories straight from real life. Kindness, caring and hope will fill the heart of every reader.
Dr. Robert H. Schuller
founding pastor, Crystal Cathedral Ministries
Ah! Can we ever have too much Chicken Soup for souls? I think not. This golden helping heals the soul and warms the spirit.
Karen Ross
producer and host, Chicagos The Karen Ross Show
CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE
GOLDEN SOUL
Heartwarming Stories About
People 60 and Over
Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Paul J. Meyer
Barbara Russell Chesser
Amy Seeger
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
Cos Cob, CT
www.chickensoup.com
Let me start with my generationwith the grandparents out there.You are our living link to the past. Tell your grandchildren the story ofthe struggles we had, at home and abroad. Of sacrifices freely made forfreedoms sake. And tell them your own story as wellbecause everyAmerican has a story to tell.
President George Bush
State of the Union Address, 1990
Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit andbegin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like amouse from a hole.
Eudora Welty
One Writers Beginnings
Contents
Jo Coudert
Random Acts of Kindness
Anita Cheek Milner
Harriet May Savitz
Diana L. Chapman
W. E. Bill Thorn
John T. Baker
Eddie Ogan
Woody McKay Jr.
Roberta L. Messner
Paul J. Meyer
Audrey Bowie
Tom Landry
Nancy Reagan with William Novak
Erma Bombeck
Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall
Muriel J. Bussman
Arthur Gordon
Marlena Thompson
Lee Pitts
Phyllis S. Heinel
Dan Clark
Renae Pick
Evelyn Marder Levin
Mickey Mann Johnson
Retold by Max Lucado
Roberta L. Messner
Sidney B. Simon
Nardi Reeder Campion
Tom Harken
Dudley Callison
Florence Littauer
Mildred Cohn
Barbara Russell Chesser
Amy Seeger
Robert Darden
Eileen Lawrence
Robertson McQuilkin
Louise R. Hamm
Del Chesser
Amy Seeger
Evelyn Gibb
John C. Bonser
Vicki Marsh Kabat
Nita Sue Kent
Retold by Bill Floyd
Ruth Stafford Peale
Bettie B. Youngs
Sharon Whitley Larsen
Helen WeathersAs told to Diana L. Chapman
Retold by Barbara Johnson
Michael T. Smith with Kelley Smith
Amy Seeger
Hartley F. Dailey
Agnes Moench
Kristina Cliff-Evans
Betsy Hall Hutchinson
Maureen S. Pusch
Pete Seeger
Margaret E. Mack
Scot Thurman
Penny Porter
Naomi Jones
Barbara Jo Reams Russell
Roberta L. Messner
LeAnn Thieman
Marie Bunce
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,Paul J. Meyer, Barbara Russell Chesser and Amy Seeger
Leon J. Rawitz
Paul Stripling
Doris Dillard Edwards
Dan Miller
Sister Clarice LolichAs told to Diana L. Chapman