Do this test tonight when you go to bed. Put a plate on the floor next to your bed. Lie down with o...
Roles - and how we play them
Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went...
Where I’m belonging
A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.One night, there was a fire in the house and the grandmother perished while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the first floor of the house was soon engulfed in fla...
An ageless heart
The cruise ship was crowded with people off for three days of pleasure. Ahead of me in the passageway walked a tiny woman in brown slacks, her shoulders hunched, her white hair cut in a bob.From the ship's intercom came a familiar tune - "Begin the Beguine." And suddenly, a wonderfu...
Great value in disaster
Thomas Edison's laboratory was virtually destroyed by fire in December, 1914. Although the damage exceeded two million dollars, the buildings were only insured for $238,000 because they were made of concrete and thought to be fireproof. Much of Edison's life's work went up in specta...
