3rd Serving of the Chicken Soup for the Soul

Our soul needs spiritual nourishment just like most of our internal organs.
This is another Chicken Soup that comes with a different flavour. Savour it.




BE warned. This book will not make you smarter, wittier or more
knowledgeable. What it may dois bring some sunshine into your life, warm
your heart and even give your soul a little squeeze.
Depending on your disposition, that kind of end-result may frighten you.
According to sales figures, there are about five million reasons why
Chicken Soup for the Soul has become a runaway success and into its third
serving.
The 101 granules of short stories have been added to the "soup" here to
spice it up for mental digestion.
This third serving has eight chapters covering love, parenting,
learning, dying, perspective, attitude, obstacles and eclectic wisdom.
The stories are all true human experiences, vignettes that tell of
kindness, compassion and love.
The warmth from some of the stories is powerful enough to melt the
coldest heart.
Some tales may bring tears to your eyes, plant that silly grin onto a
crabby face.
But don't be afraid - there is little danger in taking an overdose of
sentimentality.
According to a local distributor, the Chicken Soup series is one of the
best selling titles in recent years.
Its quiet success has sparked the emergence of other related titles like
Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook, Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul
and Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work.
A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul has a whole tableful of dishy
tidbits that do nothing but good for your heart.
Among the 101 stories, this one deserves special mention:
A few years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all
physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the
100-yard dash.
At the gun they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with the
relish to run the race to the finish and win.
All, that is, except one boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a
couple of times and began to cry.
The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and paused. Then
they all turned around and went back.
Every one of them.
One girl with Downs Syndrome bent down, kissed him and said: "This will
make it better."
Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line.
Everyone in the stadium stood and the cheering went on for 10 minutes.
This is one volume that all members of the family can read and
understand, including school-going children.
It does not tax your intellect to any exhausting degree. Like a cute
little puppy, it licks your feet and rubs its fur against your ankles.
Before long, you would want to have it around all the time.
The book grows on you. The selfless acts of kindness and love compiled
in this volume counteract the cynicism, scepticism and pessimism that may
have seeped into many of us all these years.
It may be prudent to keep a place in your heart and soul for it.
And since Christmas is around the corner, you might want to spread a
little cheer by making a gift of it for friends and loved ones.