Chicken Soup For The Soul: Living Your Dreams

Plot

Acknowledgments xi Introduction xv Share with Us xix 1 How to Live Your Dream How to Live Your Dream 2 2 Dare to Dream and Set Goals Together, Achieving Our Olympic Dream 58 Follow Your Dream 64 A Chicken Soup Contributor Responds 66 New Directions 68 Finding My Wings 71 Glenna's Goal Book 75 The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish 79 One Person Can Make a Difference 83 Standing Tall on a Surfboard in Midlife 88 3 Believe in Yourself You Can't Afford to Doubt Yourself 92 Discouraged? 97 A Salesman's First Sale 99 Batgirl 103 There Are No Vans 108 "If I Were Really Important ..." 112 The Professor and Me 114 The Interview 120 A Chicken Soup Reader Responds 124 Tommy's Bumper Sticker 127 A Chicken Soup Reader Responds 132 Trash Bags Are for Trash 134 A Chicken Soup Contributor Responds 141 4 It's Never Too Late Never Too Old to Live Your Dream 144 Teacher at Last 147 Is Fire Goddess Spelled with Two Ds? 153 Never Too Late 157 How I Got into the Movies 161 Grandma Moses and Me 165 5 The Power of Support: You Can't Do It Alone The Drive of a Champion 171 Riding Tandem 178 Hall of Fame 184 A Chicken Soup Contributor Responds 188 A Hundred and One Atlantic Nights 189 The Kindness of Strangers 197 6 Be Willing to Pay the Price Willing to Pay the Price 204 A Little Courage Goes a Long Way 208 The Price of a Dream 212 A Perfect Skate 214 Dreams Have a Price 218 7 Take Action One at a Time 222 When Dreams Won't Die 226 Look Out Baby, I'm Your Love Man! 230 Ask, Affirm, Take Action 234 Ask, Ask, Ask 238 Ask, Ask, Ask ... The Story Continues 241 How Prayer Made Me a Father Again 242 Why Wait? ... Just Do It! 247 The First Step 251 A Chicken Soup Contributor Responds 253 8 The Power of Determination Ryan's Well of Life 256 Unstoppable 262 The Impossible Just Takes a Little Longer 266 Dare to Imagine 271 18 Holes in His Mind 274 Against All Odds 276 The Cowboy's Story 289 Baby-Lift 295 A Cowboy's Last Chance 301 The Day Mother Cried 308 The Power of Determination 315 9 Never Give Up Consider This 320 Begin at the Beginning 325 Embassy of Hope 329 Opportunity 332 The Magic Skates 337 A Little Girl's Dream 344 How to Be New and Different 348 More Chicken Soup? 355 Supporting Kids Living Their Dreams 356 Who Is Jack Canfield? 357 Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 358 Resources to Help You Live Your Dreams 359 Contributors 360 Permissions (continued) 369.