3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul [Library Binding]

Jack Canfield (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1417661054 | ISBN-13: 978-1417661053 | Publication Date: April 1996

101 More stories to inspire and motivate you to love unconditionally, live more passionately and pursue your heartfelt dreams with more conviction. This 3rd Helping of Chicken Soup will sustain you in times of challenge, frustration and failure, and comfort you in times of confusion, pain and loss. The stories within offer a potent possibility to transform your life. They can awaken you from you habitual day-to-day life, invite you to dream and inspire you to do more, and be more, than you might have originally thought possible.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are motivational speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing professional and personal development. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

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What It Means to Be Adopted

Teacher Debbie Moon's first-graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had different color hair than the other family members.

One child suggested that he was adopted, and a little girl named Jocelynn Jay said, "I know all about adoptions because I'm adopted."

"What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child.

"It means," said Jocelynn, "that you grew in your mother's heart instead of her tummy."

George Dolan

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No Charge

Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

• For cutting the grass, $5.00
• For cleaning up my room this week, $1.00
• For going to the store for you, $ .50
• Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping, $ .25
• Taking out the garbage, $1.00
• For getting a good report card, $5.00
• For cleaning up and raking the yard, $2.00
• Total owed: $14.75

Well, I'll tell you, his mother looked at him standing there expectantly, and boy, could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

• For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me, No Charge.
• For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you, No Charge.
• For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years, there's No Charge.
• When you add it all up, the cost of my love is No Charge.
• For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead, No Charge.
• For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose, there's No Charge, Son.
• And when you add it all up, the full cost of real love is No Charge.

Well, friends, when our son finished reading what his mother had written, there were great big old tears in his eyes, and he looked straight up at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL."

M. Adams

¬1996. All rights reserved. Reprinted from A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul® by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. 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.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: San Val (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417661054
• ISBN-13: 978-1417661053
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,939,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes 40 New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a refreshing book!, September 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul (Hardcover)

When they tout this series of Chicken Soup books as "Stories To Open The Heart And Rekindle The Spirit" they are not kidding! I have the first three Servings, and have the fourth on order. I read them cover to cover, laughing, crying, sighing. I can't bookmark any one page because almost every single page is great, and can be related to my life or referred to others to help in their lives. It is a book on life's perspectives... These two men hit the nail on the head everytime with the book's entries. I can read the book cover to cover, and find myself going back a day or two later, and re-reading one or more of the stories, as it relates to my life. I would recommend this book to everyone, young and old alike. It is truly a book, and a series, for everyone!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the greatest book ever, August 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Paperback)

As I read a third serving of chicken soup for the soul, my heart changed. Each story is touching. some are sad, some are happy, but they are all unforgetable. I believe that reading this book has made me a better person, and I reccomend any of the books in this series to everyone. It will touch your life forever.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul, January 19, 2006

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Gilmore girl "Gilly" (New York city, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Paperback)

A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul is a collection of heart-warming stories, which is written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor. All the stories in this book are true stories. Some of the many different subjects in this collection include, love, parenting, teaching and learning, death, and a matter of perspective. There is a subject for everyone to enjoy and come to understand. These books can help you cope with many things because you realize how many people have gone through this also. There is no boring part to it because all the stories are short and to the point. Kenny Loggins said, "I always take Chicken Soup on the road with me. It can turn a blue night alone in a distant hotel into a mini retreat-quick and easy to fix." This statement is true because when you read it in your house or anywhere else it transports you to another place, and puts you in the scene of the action. Anyone who is looking for something enjoyable to read should read this book because there is something for everyone.