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

Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Chapter Page
Introduction xi
1. On Relationships
Losing the "Us" 3
After a While 7
Soul Mates 8
The Miss of a Great "Miss" 11
My First Kiss, and then Some 14
First Kiss-First Lesson 17
Changes in Life 25
First Love 28
A High School Love not Forgotten 31
2. On Friendship
The Gossiper 36
A Simple Christmas Card 38
Please Listen 41
She Told me it was Okay to Cry 43
Lessons in Friendship 45
Always Return your Phone Calls 50
My New Best Friend Retold 52
The Days of Cardboard Boxes 54
3. On Family
She Didn't give up on me 63
Mama's Hands 68
Unconditional Mom 70
The Bible 74
The Birthday 76
The Home Run 79
My Big Brother 80
A Brother's Voice 83
A Famous Father 87
Lessons in Baseball 89
The Champ As told 92
I Love you, Dad 94
I Am Home 97
4. On Love and Kindness
Tigress 102
Bright Heart 106
The Secret of Happiness 109
Reaching out to a Stranger 111
Smile 115
Mrs. Link 117
A Mason-Dixon Memory 119
A Gift for Two 126
Life Just Isn't 128
Tell the World for me 131
Like People First 135
Lilacs Bloom Every Spring 139
Paint Brush 143
5. On Learning
Egg Lessons 146
The Cost of Gratefulness 150
I Try to Remember 153
Mrs. Virginia DeView, where are you? 157
What's Wrong? 162
The Eternal Gifts 164
Socrates Retold 168
Challenge Days As told to 170
Please Hear What I'm not Saying 174
I Am... 176
Sparky 179
If I Knew 182
6. Tough Stuff
I'll Always be with you 186
My Story 191
Somebody Should have Taught him 194
Just One Drink 196
The Dance 198
The Premonition 200
Dead at 17 206
"Gabby, you're Sooo Skinny" 208
Gold-Medal Winner 212
Desiderata 214
7. Making a Difference
What is Success? 218
Be Cool... Stay in School! 219
The Leader 223
Courage in Action 224
Turning up your Light 226
The Oyster 229
Courage in a Fire 231
The Most Mature Thing I've Ever Seen 236
Broken Wing 240
Passing the Dream 243
8. Going for it!
The Girl Next Door 246
I'll be Back 249
Just me 257
True Height 259
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan 264
The Gravediggers of Parkview Junior High 268
Teenager's Bill of Rights 272
The Boy Who Talked with Dolphins 274
Wild Thing 282
To Track Down My Dream 285
From Crutches to a World-Class Runner 287
If 289
No-Hair Day 291
I Did it! 294
Growing 297
New Beginnings 298
Who is Jack Canfield? 301
Who is Mark Victor Hansen? 302
Who is Kimberly Kirberger? 303
Contributors 304
Permissions (continued) 313