[...]... what they were, not perhaps the outside of pigeons like other people draw, but the souls of the birds instead, the veryway it feels to be lovely and good-natured pigeons Faster than my eyes could follow, her hand moved: the wings in flight, the thrust for the neck, the self-important walk The golden autumn passed too swiftly Then a day dawned when the rain streamed down the windows and wind rattled the. .. days I liked the sound of them They told me there was a person here trapped in prison but an individual struggling to be seen and recognized I told her mother I would try the job for a month It was a hard one from the beginning In the afternoons I would take Dorothy to a special class for retarded chil¬dren She just sat in a chair, staring straight ahead, mak¬ing no effort to join in the activities... Should I do this to them? What else could I do? Unexpectedly, it was my own troops who gave me the strength I needed As we lived in our car for the next four weeks, showering at my mother’s in the mornings and eating at fast-food joints, the kids seemed to enjoy the odd routine They never missed a day of school, never com¬plained and never questioned my judgment They were so certain of their commander’s... cold wind blows in, they tremble and chatter their branches Sissy trees Funny thing about those trees of Dr Gibbs’s Adversity and deprivation seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two Sons I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within I often pray for them Mostly I pray that their lives will be... three-story house the second and third stories belong¬ing completely to us I leapt at the opportunity At last, we could spread out The home even had a big backyard The landlord promised to have everything fixed up for us in a month I agreed on the repairs, paid her in cash for the first month’s rent and the same in security, and hur¬ried home to inform my troops we were moving out They were excited,... that are dirty will soon be clean!” “ At the planetarium I can watch the stars; There is Venus, here is Mars.” Other changes took place in Dorothy Her tensions disappeared along with the frustrations of a spirit; so did her wildness The nurse never adjusted to the difference in her and took another job I lengthened my stay: just another month until she learned the alphabet When I left, Dorothy was a... now and again, I walk by his house and look at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago They’re granite strong now Big and robust Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black I planted a couple of trees a few years back Carried water to them for a solid summer Sprayed them Prayed over them The whole nine yards Two years of coddling has... when I run the inspec¬tion on my troops taller now, I think back on the horrible enemy of desperation that we fought and defeated together And then I thank God for my small soldiers: a courageous, tough little crew who never stumbled in their frightening march Their bravery was the stuff of the greatest of heroes - Rachel Berry Everybody can be great You only need a heart full of grace A soul generated... tôi khám phá ra rằng mình không được quan tâm nhiều đến những thiếu sót của các bé, mà chỉ nên quan tâm đến những khả năng tiềm ẩn bên trong những đứa trẻ này Tôi chắc rằng mỗi đứa trẻ ấy đều có những năng lực tiềm tàng của mình Và tôi cũng tin rằng luôn có một điều gì đó rất thiêng liêng ngự trị trong cuộc sống của mỗi chúng ta, và nhiệm vụ của những người làm thầy là khơi dậy những tiềm năng ấy Dorothy... deep, so they can draw strength from the hidden sources of the eternal God Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept asunder - Philip Gulley Our strength grows out of our weakness - Ralph Wildo Emerson Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen Những chiến . Mark Victor Hansen Nguồn: Condensed Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul – Dành cho những người không bao giờ gục ngã - First News và NXB Văn hóa Sài gòn. hành Lời giới thiệu - Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul TTO - Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul là một tuyển tập các câu chuyện về những con người đã