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The third volume in the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series gives more love, support and inspiration for the series' loyal teen readers. More and more, life is a struggle for teens. Not just dealing with the tragedies that seem to plague them so often, but also handling the daily pressures that pervade their lives. This book, like the first two volumes in the series, will help them, and will serve as their guide and constant companion.
Chapters focus on love, friendship, family, tough stuff, growing up, kindness, learning lessons and making a difference. In keeping with the themes and content of the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series, teens will also find support, encouragement and understanding from their peers, as well as from caring and compassionate adults.
This is a book you will read and reread, sharing your favorite stories with one another over and over again.
About the Authors:
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling co-authors, are professional speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the personal and professional development of others. Kimberly Kirberger is president of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc. (I.A.M. for Teens) and speaks at high schools and to youth organizations. Jack, Mark and Kimberly have formed The Teen Letter Project, a foundation dedicated to encouraging troubled teens to reach out for help and guidance.
"...written by teens, explores the issues faced from day to day...offers compassion and understanding to help manage the tough times...serves as a guide and constant companion."
Mark Victor Hansen is a co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Jack Canfield had been traveling around delivering key note speeches and organizing workshops to help audiences build their self-esteem and maximize their potential when he had an in-flight brainstorm that changed his life. While flying home from a gig, Canfield realized that the very same advice he had been delivering during his in-person addresses could potentially form the basis of a book. Canfield used inspirational stories he'd gleaned over the years as the basis of his speeches, and he thought it would be a terrific idea to gather together 101 inspirational stories and anthologize them in a single volume. Upon returning home, Canfield approached friend and author Mark Victor Hansen about his concept. Hansen agreed it was a great idea, and the two men set about finding a publisher. Believe it or not, the mega-selling series was not an easy sell to publishers. "We were rejected by 123 publishers all told," Canfield told Shareguide.com. "The first time we went to New York, we visited with about a dozen publishers in a two day period with our agent, and nobody wanted it. They all said it was a stupid title, that nobody bought collections of short stories, that there was no edge -- no sex, no violence. Why would anyone read it?"
Canfield wisely practiced what he preached -- and persisted. Ultimately, he and Hansen sold the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book to a small press based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, called Health Communications. The rest, as they say, is history. There are currently 80 million copies of the Chicken Soup books in print, with subjects as varied as Chicken Soup For the Horse Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup For the Prisoner's Soul. Canfield and Hansen ranked as the top-selling authors of 1997 and are multiple New York Times bestsellers. Most important of all, the inspirational stories they have gathered in their many volumes have improved the lives of countless readers.
This year, expect to see Canfield's name gracing the covers of such titles as Chicken Soup For the Scrapbooker's Soul, Chicken Soup For the Mother and Son Soul, and Chicken Soup For the African American Woman's Soul. He and Hansen have also launched the all-new "Healthy Living" series and 8 titles in that series have already been released this year. There is also the fascinating You've GOT to Read This Book!, in which Canfield compiles personal accounts by 55 people each discussing a book that has changed his or her life. The most compelling of these may be the story of young entrepreneur Farrah Gray, who read Deepak Chopra's The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success at the age of 11 and made his first million dollars at the age of 14!
With no sign of slowing down, Canfield continues to be an inspiration to millions, who fortunately refused to give up when it seemed as though he would never even get his first book published. "Mark and I are big believers in perseverance," he said. "If you have a vision and a life purpose, and you believe in it, then you do not let external events tell you what is so. You follow your internal guidance and follow your bliss, as Joseph Campbell used to say."
Writing the first Chicken Soup book was a lot more daunting than Canfield expected. After the first three years of research, he and Mark Victor Hansen had only compiled 68 stories -- 33 tales shy of their goal of 101 stories.
Along with co-writing dozens of full-length books, Canfield also publishes a free biweekly newsletter called Success Strategies.
Some fun and fascinating outtakes from our interview with Canfield:
"My inspiration for writing comes from my passion for teaching others how to live more effective lives. I started out as a history teacher in an all-black inner city high school in Chicago, graduated to a teacher trainer, then psychotherapist, then trainer of therapists, then large group transformational trainer and then a writer and keynote speaker. All along the way, my desire was to make a difference, to help people live more fulfilling lives. That is what I still do today. Most people don't know this but I was not a good writer in college. I got a C in composition. Nobody would have ever believed I would grow up to be a bestselling author."
"I play guitar, and I am learning to play the piano. I love movies and some TV shows. My favorites are Six Feet Under, Grey's Anatomy, House and Lost. I love to play Scrabble, poker and backgammon with my in-laws, nieces and nephews. We really get into it. I love to travel. I have been to 25 countries and try to add two or three new ones every year."
We both lie sideways on her bed, the screen door slapping open and shut with the California breeze. We thumb through fashion magazines, laughing at the hairstyles and smelling the perfume samples. It seems like any other Sunday between girlfriends; laughter filling the room, a half-eaten carton of cookies between the two of us. This was my Sunday afternoon ritual, the two of us and our magazines, and from the time I was twelve, I lived for these afternoons. She was my friend, but more than that, she was a safe place, an unconditional love, and she was an adult.
I had known Kim most of my life. For the first ten years of my life, Kim wasn't one of the closest adults in my life, but her husband John doted on me and was one of the only "grown-ups" to understand my fearless and abundant energy.
When I was twelve, I moved to Los Angeles to live with my father. Kim and John also lived nearby, and soon after my move, I began spending time at their home. Kim was fun; she liked to laugh and talk about boys. She listened to me while I talked about my crushes and fights with my family. She spoke to me as an equal, as a friend, not a child.
As I grew older, these visits became more important. I would cry over heartbreaks and whine about the latest rejection. The gap in age between us stayed the same, but the space between us grew closer. I called her with secrets, which she kept, and went to her when I couldn't handle my world for a while.
I think my parents went through periods of jealousy and hurt regarding Kim and our friendship, because they wished they could be the ones to whom I came with my stories. I had reached an age where it was harder to relate to my parents, but I still needed guidance. Kim offered that guidance; she didn't force-feed it.
Soon I was sixteen, and things began to change. I sunk into sadness, and I was slipping away from everyone, including Kim. I was taken to the hospital after swallowing a bottle of pain medication, and there, without question, was Kim. She was two hours away when the call came, and she showed up at the hospital with hair things and, of course, magazines. We didn't talk about the incident, but when she pulled my hair up for me, I saw in her eyes true fear and heartache. She used to say to me, "You wouldn't want to spend so much time with me if I really was your mom." I didn't understand those words until that day when she offered me the feeling of love without obligation. She wasn't my mom; she wasn't obligated to love me, she just did.
After my suicide attempt, things between us, though unspoken, began to change. I stopped spending Sunday afternoons at her house. I called, but not as often. I didn't feel good about myself, so I couldn't feel good about our friendship. I figured I had grown up and that we had just grown apart. Like any normal friendship, it had transformed, and I believed that I no longer needed Kim or the friendship.
The summer before I left for college, I went to say good-bye to Kim. Though we hadn't been as close for the last two years, we both cried when I left. I walked down the walkway from her house, and she called out from the kitchen window, "Call me if you need anything." I knew she meant that.
My first semester was hard. I was far from home, a little lonely, and things began to swing back down for me. With pure instinct, I picked up the phone. It was late. Kim picked up the phone, and I asked, "Were you sleeping?" She replied, "Yes, but it's okay. What's wrong? What do you need?" What I needed was Kim. I needed to hear her voice, and feel that California breeze in her back bedroom. I needed to tell her that our friendship had finally surpassed the age gap.
We talked about once a week after that, every Sunday afternoon. I called with the stress of my finals and with my newest boy problem. When I returned home for the summer, I went to Kim's, and we read magazines and ate cookies. I had become an adult, what she had always been. When I was younger, she had related to me on a level that I needed at that time, and now she relates to me as an equal. She was right; things would have been different if she were my mom. I didn't need another mom. I had one. I needed exactly what she gave: love, unconditional. And because she wanted me in her life, not because she had to have me.
(c)2000 Lia gay. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.
| Acknowledgments | xiii | |
| Introduction: The Faces of Our Youth | xvii | |
| Share with Us | xix | |
| 1. | Relationships | |
| Never Been Dissed--Until Now | 2 | |
| Loving Yourself First | 7 | |
| Dear Girl | 9 | |
| Experience Is a Teacher | 11 | |
| Dear Boy | 15 | |
| A Crush | 18 | |
| Sea Glass | 21 | |
| Kiss | 24 | |
| He Finally Said, "I Love You" | 25 | |
| Why Girls Like Guys | 27 | |
| The Funeral of My Rose | 30 | |
| My Childhood Sweetheart | 33 | |
| I Had to Let Him Go | 37 | |
| I Never Thought It Would End This Way | 40 | |
| Please Sign My Yearbook | 44 | |
| My Knight on His White Horse | 48 | |
| Fading Fast | 52 | |
| 2. | Friendship | |
| Why Rion Should Live | 56 | |
| My Fairy Tale | 60 | |
| Colorful Shades of Gray | 63 | |
| My Best Friend Mike | 66 | |
| Kim | 68 | |
| When Forever Ends | 71 | |
| Falling Out | 75 | |
| My Best Friend | 79 | |
| My Perfect Friend | 86 | |
| Sometimes Things Are Never the Same | 90 | |
| I Don't Talk to My Closest Friend | 93 | |
| Have a Seat upon a Cloud | 96 | |
| 3. | The Power of Love | |
| Coffee-Shop Kindness | 100 | |
| Mary Lou | 103 | |
| Lessons of Life, from The Best College Admission Essays | 105 | |
| Healing with Love | 108 | |
| Forgive | 112 | |
| The Gift of Time | 114 | |
| Someday When I'm Older | 119 | |
| Dear Child--A Sister's Message | 123 | |
| A Message for Ben | 126 | |
| Finger Paints and Crayons | 128 | |
| 4. | Family | |
| The Best of Brothers From The Best College Admission Essays | 134 | |
| Kicki | 137 | |
| Relief | 140 | |
| Don't Cry, Dad | 142 | |
| Ghost Mother | 145 | |
| Unspoken Years | 150 | |
| Rikki's Hug | 153 | |
| About Mom, from The Best College Admission Essays | 156 | |
| Dear Diary | 158 | |
| The Turning Point | 161 | |
| A Birthday Gift | 163 | |
| The Mother Who Matters | 165 | |
| Never Enough | 167 | |
| Angel | 170 | |
| 5. | Lessons | |
| China's Story | 174 | |
| Forever Changed | 179 | |
| Kissing the Bully | 182 | |
| A Difficult Lesson | 186 | |
| Terri Jackson | 189 | |
| Children's Eyes | 193 | |
| Courage | 196 | |
| Accentuating Difference | 199 | |
| 6. | Tough Stuff | |
| The Difficulty of These Times Excerpted from The Diary of Anne Frank | 202 | |
| 11:21 A.M. | 203 | |
| Tears | 207 | |
| Can That Be? | 209 | |
| Fire and Rain | 211 | |
| Minutes Like Hours | 213 | |
| Life After Mom | 216 | |
| Defining Myself | 224 | |
| A Name in the Sand | 227 | |
| Train Tracks | 231 | |
| Emergency 911 | 234 | |
| Long Road Ahead | 236 | |
| A Father's Ties | 239 | |
| 7. | Overcoming Obstacles | |
| Owning the World | 246 | |
| Voices | 251 | |
| I Just Wanted to Be Skinny | 253 | |
| Inner Sustenance | 256 | |
| I Am Not Alone | 262 | |
| Four Kisses | 265 | |
| Mark's Choice | 269 | |
| Ability | 272 | |
| The Final Game | 274 | |
| Winner | 277 | |
| 8. | Self-Discovery | |
| An Ode to Shoes | 282 | |
| Happiness from Within | 285 | |
| Out of Step | 289 | |
| She Stands Alone | 295 | |
| The Essence of Adolescence | 298 | |
| The Two Roads | 300 | |
| Suspicion | 303 | |
| Center Stage | 305 | |
| Teenagers Are Amazing | 311 | |
| So I Am Told | 313 | |
| Automobile Ambivalence | 315 | |
| 9. | Growing Up | |
| Minimaxims for My Godson | 322 | |
| No Longer a Child | 327 | |
| Finding a Vision | 329 | |
| No More What Ifs | 333 | |
| All the More Beautiful | 336 | |
| Return to High School | 339 | |
| Inspirations | 342 | |
| More Chicken Soup? | 345 | |
| Supporting Teenagers | 346 | |
| Who Is Jack Canfield? | 348 | |
| Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? | 349 | |
| Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? | 350 | |
| Contributors | 352 | |
| Permissions (continued) | 365 |
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Posted March 19, 2008
i love this book i would recommend it to anyone and to any age. it helped me go through a lot you should get this book i take it everywhere i go.
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Posted July 20, 2004
It's a great book to read to someone that's younger. And the poems are god
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Posted July 7, 2003
This book is a good book to read it talks about real things that us teenagers go through and it helps us to understand that other people go through it to, I really think it is an enjoyable book to read and you can learn alot from it.I hope that any one who reads it really enjoys it as much as I did
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Posted December 6, 2012
I think it's great it shows kids the way of life and love.I'm only twelve and I go to Kankakee Junoir High School in 7 grade and I love reading these kind of books.
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I LOVE THE CHIICLEN SOUP BOOKS THEU ARE THE BEST BOOKS EVER
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Posted October 13, 2011
This book is about family, life lessons& relationships. It tells you.... Well in family's telling you stories about siblings seeing the best in each other and getting to know them more, and to figure out why they fight.
My favorite character is Sarah Bercot. I love her story "Dear Boy." It talks about what she expects in a guy, but she's not asking for to much, just don't hurt her, It's very interesting. My favorite quote is " I hope that you would make me laugh, take care of me if i get sick and be trustworthy.
I liked this book because it's very interesting and you would never know what would happen next, or what the person would say. You should read this book because it would help you later & during life. Also they give good advise about the difficulty of life, about your crushes and how to love yourself.
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Posted May 12, 2008
This book was okay, and some of the stories were inspiring and made you feel happy and good compared to some of other people's stores they put in, because some were sad and made you feel bad. After a while, some stories got boring and you felt you were forced to read it. But some of the stories were really good and inspired you to go after what you believe a not just do something because others are doing it. But the poems in it were somewhat annoying because you would rather read an exciting story. I have read other Chicken Soup books and some had better stories. So, even though some if the stories were boring, some were great and inspiring.
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Posted October 19, 2004
I have read the whole series of Chicken soup for the teenage soul, but I must say that Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 3 is by far the best out of all. This book helped me through when I was down. I never thought that a book would actaully relate to me in so many ways. There has been experiences that I have gone through,and reading this book helped me tremendously. This book actaully is great because all the stories are true, which in my perspective, makes the book even better. You may not think so, but this book gave me a new perspective on life. I would recommend this book to all teeagers who have had experiences of loss,family problems,eating disorders to friendship. I think mostly every person that I know that has read this book thought it was great.
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Posted April 22, 2003
I LOVE these books. This one is the BEST. My favorite story is on Page 7 --- it's by Harlan Cohen. I used to hate Valentine's Day, but not anymore.
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Posted January 3, 2003
This is a great book. I read it myself and I was only 12. I think that teens could definetly understand this book!
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Posted December 14, 2002
This book is AMAZING. I think it was better than the other two Chicken Soup...Teenage Soul books put together. I especially liked Dear Child-a sister's message, and I bought this book for my little sister's eleventh birthday. She hasn't gotten it yet, but I'm very confident that she will love it even more than I did.
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Posted June 6, 2002
One of this stories in this book was just a huge reminder of my life, the story was about a girl in love with her 'best Friend' and when they finally kissed there was nothing ther, no spark just friendship and I was happy to know that I wasn't the on ly one in the world who went threough that, I mean I know that it happens but it was nice to accually see it in a book!
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Posted April 29, 2002
I am the author of The ABC's of College Life, a hip street-smart college guide and I highly recommend this Chicken Soup book!!
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Overview
The third volume in the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series gives more love, support and inspiration for the series' loyal teen readers. More and more, life is a struggle for teens. Not just dealing with the tragedies that seem to plague them so often, but also handling the daily pressures that pervade their lives. This book, like the first two volumes in the series, will help them, and will serve as their guide and constant companion.
Chapters focus on love, friendship, ...