Did The Earth Move for You? Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to walk and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever...
Its Never Too Late to Change Age is no criterion when it comes to changing your life. In fact, it might be just the opposite. The older we get, the more we must change. Change is what keeps us fresh and innovative. Change is what keeps us from gettin...
Dissatisfactions at Work For most of us, the work is the central, dominating factor of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and to a consider...
The Price of Perfection Gold may depreciate, stocks rise or fall, and business values change so as to leave the market in panic, but every man on the street or in the store knows that one value forever remains permanent, unvarying, and that is charac...
Funeral Sermon for Mammy Caroline Barr Caroline has known to me all my life. It was my privilege to see her out of hers. After my fathers death, to Mammy I came to represent the head of that family to which she had given a half century of fidelity an...
Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day I'm 16. The other night while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the weekend, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upsetnot the usual stuff that he and Mom worry...
What is a Typical American Film? Is there such a thing as a typical American film? It is true that there are many features that mark a movie as American, but perhaps the most essential feature is the theme of the loner-hero. From the earliest days of...
Things Arent Always What They Seem Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead，the angels were given a small space in the cold b...
The Angler How comforting it is to see a cheerful and contented old age; and to behold a poor fellow, like this, after being tempest-tost through life, safely moored in a snug and quiet harbor in the evening of his days! His happiness, however, sprun...
Childrens Hours at Home However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence of parents cannot be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They...
