Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

This is indeed a great book. I have used it for many years for myself and in my high school classes. There are stories, poems and thoughts that do really touch the heart and uplift the spirit. I have reordered this many times as mine wears out. Sometimes I would start my class with something from the collection. However, the stories and poems are not just for teens, they are for adults and even younger children too.

This book is full of short, easily digestible motivational bed time stories. Every story is a “stand-alone”. One of my best stories was about Abraham Lincoln’s failures. Another story I really loved was the ‘Golden Buddha’. The message was that all of us have gold within us, our only task should be to discover it. This book inspired me to write Celebrating Quiet People: Uplifting Stories for Introverts and Highly Sensitive Persons.

I have too much chicken soup, so much so that I was confusing this 1993 CSFTS book with the 2012 chicken soup "The Power of Positive". This is the better of the two and has a good idea and just enough seasoning to make it palatable. The stories have uplifting themes and the stories seem to all be true and inspirational. A few of them are written by the non-professionals (to whom the events happened) so are not all well-written or exciting. Enough of them, though, deliver a good punch and are well worth the read. It is a convenient package with short stories (2-3 pages) so you can set it aside and consume in small bites.

I recommend this to people who is not lovers and feel like they are not appreciated by others. if you lost your love or a friend like I am that is very far from you. There are millions of other who are far from their family. Money is the root of evil but it turn to money is the root for love by sharing blessings of what we have. Eating day by day, night by night. It can be used for Marriage changing your last name. Saving someones life or it can be yours. I am treated at the hospital 4 times but I still feel love by others my father who was really far from me. He is not alone he still see people in this Earth. Mother nature was part of the Earth since we lived on Earth we should take care also for them like birds who go on trees. I am almost at 100 page of the book Part 3. Mark Victor Hansen was a partner of Jack Canfield by several books. He also has a sermon by the one who has terminal leukemia her last wish was to attend at her sermon and to graduate a degree in high school. That is the only part of the story I can share to you right now. This book was I been waiting for since 2012 including Alladin Factor I have it now and own it.

As with all the other Chicken Soup books, this was an inspiring, touching read. My husband, who is not yet a believer, reads these books conveniently left in the car; while waiting for me to go to appointments and do errands. My one grand daughter put it well; 'they tell a good story; get their point across with out being preachy.'

This is a good brand. Positive and worth reading.Good values to mull over. Awaiting the next book from Jack Canfield.

I downloaded this book and read it just after my Dad died. It helped me through some pretty tuff stuff. All these books are great!

Some of this was "cheesy" and too simplistic. But on the whole it was good. I did read it as suggested slowly with thought. A great deal of it has been pinched and put on FB so when reading it I recognized it and thought' "So this is where they got that one."

簡単な英語の短篇集で、辞書を使わずに読めるので便利です。大学生に薦めています。心が温まる話が多く、癒されます。アメリカ文化の一面を理解するのにも役立ちます。

This is a great book to read and I am glad that I found it on Amazon, as a big fan of the TV Show Friends, I see Chandler reading this exact same book and having been wondering for ages whether you could still buy this book and then came across a few different ones on Amazon but of course I had to get the exact same one that Chandler was reading. This book may help you through some tough times in your life. I love reading self help books etc, but this book is on another level.

Fijne feel good stories. Goed voor een glimlach en een warm gevoel.

Ein wunderbares Buch. Ich danke den Autoren für dieses Geschenk. Ich habe es mit allem geteilt die ich kenne. Nice

It's such a wonderful book that I wish everyone gets to read atleast once in their lifetime. The stories are full of warmth and happiness. Best purchase for me for sure!