Sampler Topics

Welcome to our library. There are more than 20,000 stories in our books and you've come to the right place to read them! Don't know where to begin? We’ve created some fun packages for you — some sample topics to get you started. We're glad you're here and we look forward to sharing happiness, inspiration and wellness with you through the pages of our books.
These are stories to help you appreciate the good in your life.
1. No Food for Alligators

No Food for Alligators

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

~Hugh Downs

I freely admit that I am a Pollyanna. I look for rainbows after the storm. I point out silver linings. I am accused of having a perennial smile on my face, seeing the good in everyone, and sometimes being “... (more)

24: It’s in the Little Things


It’s in the Little Things

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

It was one of those days when there was way too much to do. I had fallen behind in most of my household chores. I hadn’t been to the grocery store... (more)

4: No Worries

No Worries

Life, love and laughter—what priceless gifts to give our children.

~Phyllis Dryden

The worst problem with our current economic crisis is the overwhelming sense of worry. It is eating people alive. Worry affects our children, our marriages, our families, our sense of security. We have... (more)

41: Counting Our Blessings


Counting Our Blessings

Why not learn to enjoy the little things—there are so many of them.

~Author Unknown

“We’re not getting a paycheck this week.”

I wasn’t particularly alarmed by my husband’s words. After all, he had gone without a salary in the past, and we had always made do. Mentally, I congratulated ourselves... (more)

2: The Great Thanksgiving Challenge

The Great Thanksgiving Challenge

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.

~William Shakespeare

My friend Marilyn and I had just settled into a booth at our favorite coffee shop. “BookTalk is at my house next month,” I said. “I hate getting ready for it.”

... (more)
81: Focusing on What We Have

Focusing on What We Have

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

~Hugh Downs

As I entered the emergency room, she lay there motionless and vulnerable under a white sheet. The doctor turned around, introduced himself and said, “We think your mother had a stroke affecting her entire... (more)