Table of Contents
The Good News: You're Still under 7 (5)
Construction
It's Not Really All about Me 12 (5)
Even Heroes Trip over Their Capes Once in 17 (5)
Awhile
Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Should 22 (5)
Have Done Yesterday
Try Walking a Mile in Someone Else's Loafers 27 (4)
Beauty Lies between a Rock and a Hard Place 31 (5)
The Pot at the End of the Rainbow Isn't 36 (5)
Filled with Gold Cards
The Lone Ranger Never Won a Football Game 41 (5)
Today is the Youngest You'll Ever Be Again 46 (5)
Keep Your Family Ties Tangle-Free 51 (5)
It Takes Faith to Fly a Kite 56 (5)
Reflection Is More Than Your Face in the 61 (5)
Mirror
It Isn't Easy Being the Invisible Man, but 66 (5)
It's Worth It
Wise Men, and Women, Always Stop and Ask 71 (5)
for Directions
Listen for the Whisper of Heaven 76 (5)
The Blues Is More Than a Tune on the Radio 81 (5)
You Can't Teach an Old Broad New Tricks . . 86 (5)
. or Can You?
By Perseverance the Snail Reached the Ark 91 (4)
The Best Policy Is Still Honesty 95 (4)
Buicks Don't Run on Chocolate 99 (5)
Sometimes Passion's Fire Could Use a Little 104(6)
Lighter Fluid
Don't Just Count Your Blessings---Say Thank 110(5)
You
Some Bestsellers Are Actually Worth Reading 115(5)
A Closed Mouth Gathers No Foot 120(5)
The Squeaky Wheel May Be Trying to Tell You 125(5)
Something
That ``Love Thy Neighbor'' Thing Still Works 130(5)
Don't Make Never Never Land Your Permanent 135(5)
Address
Something Poisonous Grows in the Winter of 140(6)
Our Discontent
For Mature Audiences Only 146(5)
``Good Enough'' Never Is 151(5)
Kid at Heart, Elsewhere Slightly Older 156(5)
It Only Takes a Spark to Keep a Person 161(5)
Growing
Life's Too Short to Do What You Hate 166(5)
To Own or Not to Own . . . That's a Good 171(5)
Question
A Big Shot Is Only a Little Shot That Keeps 176(5)
Shooting
What's Cooking When You're Hot under the 181(5)
Collar
It's Not Such a Small World After All 186(5)
Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry 191(5)
. . . Unless, Of Course, You've Done
Something Stupid
We May Be Going Nowhere, but We're Getting 196(5)
There Twice As Fast
When the Pizzeria of Life Gives You 201(5)
Anchovies . . . Pick 'Em Off!
Don't Follow the Crowd . . . Lead It! 206(5)
There's Only One Savior of the World and 211(5)
(News Flash!) It Isn't You
Some Bibles Have Legs instead of Pages 216(5)
When Life Hurts, Don't Pick at the Scab 221(5)
The Bread Doesn't Always Land Jelly-Side 226(5)
Down
Never Miss a Chance to Say ``I Love You'' 231(5)
Lions and Tigers and Scares . . . Oh, My! 236(5)
Why Pinocchio Longed to Be a Real Boy 241(5)
It's Not What You Do, It's Who You Are 246(5)
The End, Sort of... 251
