Chicken
Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield, who hasn’t heard of
it? It’s a publishing phenomenon.
I often mention it to my kids saying, “See people
like happy stories.” I love Jack Canfield, his attitude, his determination, his
philosophy. I have read his The Success Principles, but never the
Chicken Soup books, and here I am touting them. A few years ago seeing his title
on a bag of Horse Feed stopped me in my tracks. That man is all over the
place. Cat food, dog food, and now horse
food. He must like animals—another thing to love about him.
Okay all this leads up to my Chiropractic visit
yesterday. While in the waiting room I picked up Canfield’s book Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul (Stories
about people 60 and over,) and quickly jotted down this from his book:
August 11, 1945
Nathan (in Germany)
“I’ve
just heard the good news about the war honey. I’m so happy I could holler,
shout, raise hell, cry, and do anything. If anyone tells me it’s a false alarm
I will keel over and drop dead. Hopefully now the whole damned war is ‘kaput’
and this whole-sale slaughter can be brought to an end.”
August 15, 1945
Evelyn (in New York)
“The
sirens are wailing. I can hardly steady my hand. I have a deep peaceful feeling
and a million prayers of thanksgiving. I can’t remember what peace was like.
Most of all it means our husbands, fathers, brothers, boyfriends and relatives
are coming home. We can start our lives again. Pray there will be no more wars.”
From Five Dates, Hundreds of letters and 55 years
later.
Happy ever after.
This isn't Nathan and Evelyn, but representative of the times.
We have all rejoiced with this couple.