Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness 101 Inspirational Stories about Finding Your Purpose, Passion, and Joy

by Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark Victor; Newmark, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781935096771
• ISBN10: 193509677X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Summary

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness will encourage readers to pursue their dreams, find their passion and seek joy in their life with its 101 personal and inspiring stories. This book continues Chicken Soup for the Soul#x19;s focus on inspiration and hope, reminding us that we all can find our own happiness.

Author Biography

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are co-founders of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Amy Newmark is publisher and editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Counting My Blessings
My Epiphany	p. 1
The Great Thanksgiving Challenge	p. 7
Finding My Joy	p. 11
My Own Happiness Project	p. 14
The Color of Happiness	p. 18
The Lucky One	p. 21
The Happy Book	p. 24
Asperger's and Friendship	p. 26
Happiness Is Being a Parent	p. 29
Happy New Year	p. 32
Happiness-A Study in Contrasts	p. 36
Back to Basics
The Tent	p. 41
True Contentment	p. 45
An Eight-Hour Drive	p. 48
A Miracle	p. 51
Life Lessons from the Lab	p. 55
Wanting Versus Having	p. 58
A Detour to Bolivia	p. 60
Living Life Full-Time	p. 63
Cupcakes and Karma	p. 67
My Little Town	p. 69
Finding My Passion
Playing Pretend	p. 75
This Is My Stop	p. 79
How I Found My Calling	p. 82
Why I Still Travel to the Wild	p. 86
Never Say Never	p. 89
Antony's Gift	p. 92
The Write Life for Me	p. 96
Dance Lessons	p. 98
My Great Escape into Writing	p. 101
A Real Turnaround	p. 104
Attitude Adjustments
	p. 111
A Matter of Perspective	p. 114
The Reset Button	p. 117
Happy Today	p. 119
Career Magic	p. 121
The Choice	p. 125
Miracle Grow	p. 127
Coupon Bliss	p. 131
The Gift of Change	p. 133
Tending Happiness	p. 136
Overcoming Adversity
Happiness Through Forgiveness	p. 143
Don't Treat Me Differently	p. 146
Believing Anna	p. 149
Battle Scars	p. 153
Up in Flames	p. 155
Not Your Average Joe	p. 158
Happiness Found	p. 161
Purple Candles	p. 164
Basket Case	p. 168
Making My Day	p. 171
The Joy of Giving
A Deed a Day	p. 177
It's What We Do	p. 180
A Friend in Need	p. 184
Always Something to Give	p. 188
New York City's Greatest Underground Secret	p. 192
Just One Loaf	p. 196
It Was Nothing	p. 200
Feeling Better, Bag by Bag	p. 203
Finding My Mantra	p. 206
Finding My Purpose
I Don't Quit	p. 213
Filling a Need	p. 217
Finding Me	p. 219
A Ride on a Carousel	p. 222
Too Dumb to Be a Nurse	p. 225
Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter	p. 229
Listening to My Heart	p. 232
You Go Girl! Janice Flood Nichols	p. 235
Reclaiming Myself	p. 238
My Detour to Destiny	p. 241
Simple Pleasures
The Small Things	p. 249
The No-Share Zone	p. 251
Treasure Hunting	p. 254
The Returning Light	p. 256
Everyday Miracles	p. 258
A Remodeled View	p. 262
A Perfect Ten	p. 265
Pockets of Happiness	p. 268
Authentic Happiness	p. 272
Sometimes Bliss Is a Place	p. 275
Making the Best of It
From Illness Comes Strength	p. 283
Seeing My Purpose	p. 287
Here I Stand	p. 291
Listening to My Inner Passion	p. 294
How I Talked My Way to Happiness	p. 297
A New Best Friend	p. 300
Peter Pan	p. 303
No Longer Waiting for Godot	p. 307
The Girls on the Bus	p. 311
The Palm Tree	p. 314
Jumping Off the Hamster Wheel
What If You Won the Lottery	p. 321
New Rewards	p. 324
Rewriting My Future	p. 326
Last Call	p. 330
When I Grow Up I Will Be a Professor	p. 333
I Chose Love	p. 337
A Paltry Price for Personal Peace	p. 340
What Do You Do? Sheri Gammon Dewling	p. 344
Ripe for a Change	p. 347
My Secret Love Affair	p. 351
A Final Word	p. 354
Meet Our Contributors	p. 358
Meet Our Authors	p. 374
About Deborah Norville	p. 376
Thank You	p. 377
About Chicken Soup for the Soul	p. 379
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