Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul (Stories of Life, Love and Learning | Original /E | Paperback)

JackCanfield

JackCanfieldisco-creatoroftheChickenSoupfortheSoul(R)series,whichincludesfortyNewYorkTimesbestsellers,andcoauthorofTheSuccessPrinciples:HowtoGetfromWhereYouAretoWhereYouWanttoBe.HeisaleaderinthefieldofpersonaltransformationandpeakperformanceandiscurrentlyCEOoftheCanfieldTrainingGroupandFounderandChairmanoftheBoardofTheFoundationforSelf-Esteem.Aninternationallyrenownedcorporatetrainerandkeynotespeaker,helivesinSantaBarbara,California.

Chapter Page
Introduction xi
1. OnRelationships
Losingthe"Us" 3
AfteraWhile 7
SoulMates 8
TheMissofaGreat"Miss" 11
MyFirstKiss,andthenSome 14
FirstKiss-FirstLesson 17
ChangesinLife 25
FirstLove 28
AHighSchoolLovenotForgotten 31
2. OnFriendship
TheGossiper 36
ASimpleChristmasCard 38
PleaseListen 41
SheToldmeitwasOkaytoCry 43
LessonsinFriendship 45
AlwaysReturnyourPhoneCalls 50
MyNewBestFriendRetold 52
TheDaysofCardboardBoxes 54
3. OnFamily
SheDidn'tgiveuponme 63
Mama'sHands 68
UnconditionalMom 70
TheBible 74
TheBirthday 76
TheHomeRun 79
MyBigBrother 80
ABrother'sVoice 83
AFamousFather 87
LessonsinBaseball 89
TheChampAstold 92
ILoveyou,Dad 94
IAmHome 97
4. OnLoveandKindness
Tigress 102
BrightHeart 106
TheSecretofHappiness 109
ReachingouttoaStranger 111
Smile 115
Mrs.Link 117
AMason-DixonMemory 119
AGiftforTwo 126
LifeJustIsn't 128
TelltheWorldforme 131
LikePeopleFirst 135
LilacsBloomEverySpring 139
PaintBrush 143
5. OnLearning
EggLessons 146
TheCostofGratefulness 150
ITrytoRemember 153
Mrs.VirginiaDeView,whereareyou? 157
What'sWrong? 162
TheEternalGifts 164
SocratesRetold 168
ChallengeDaysAstoldto 170
PleaseHearWhatI'mnotSaying 174
IAm... 176
Sparky 179
IfIKnew 182
6. ToughStuff
I'llAlwaysbewithyou 186
MyStory 191
SomebodyShouldhaveTaughthim 194
JustOneDrink 196
TheDance 198
ThePremonition 200
Deadat17 206
"Gabby,you'reSoooSkinny" 208
Gold-MedalWinner 212
Desiderata 214
7. MakingaDifference
WhatisSuccess? 218
BeCool...StayinSchool! 219
TheLeader 223
CourageinAction 224
TurningupyourLight 226
TheOyster 229
CourageinaFire 231
TheMostMatureThingI'veEverSeen 236
BrokenWing 240
PassingtheDream 243
8. Goingforit!
TheGirlNextDoor 246
I'llbeBack 249
Justme 257
TrueHeight 259
HelenKellerandAnneSullivan 264
TheGravediggersofParkviewJuniorHigh 268
Teenager'sBillofRights 272
TheBoyWhoTalkedwithDolphins 274
WildThing 282
ToTrackDownMyDream 285
FromCrutchestoaWorld-ClassRunner 287
If 289
No-HairDay 291
IDidit! 294
Growing 297
NewBeginnings 298
WhoisJackCanfield? 301
WhoisMarkVictorHansen? 302
WhoisKimberlyKirberger? 303
Contributors 304
Permissions(continued) 313