每个人的人生道路不可能都是一帆风顺的，都会有困惑彷徨、失意痛苦的时候。说得更直接一点儿就是，从我们每个人出生的那一天开始，就注定了要背负起经历各种困难折磨的命运。每当我们困惑、失意的时候，心灵就要承受着巨大的压力与打击。

本书系“心灵鸡汤”之《重燃心火》，书中收录了一些清新隽永的小故事，这些故事经典耐读，流传广泛。当你心烦意乱、困惑彷徨的时候，请打开这本书，相信你会得到最及时的指点、最细心的呵护。

Introduction

1. ON LOVE

 A Friend on the Line

 Simple Wooden Boxes

 A Birthday Song

 When Kevin Won

 A Mason-Dixon Memory

 Beautiful on the Inside

 Such As I Have

 A Hair-Raising Experience

 The Tiger's Whisker:A Korean Folk Tale

2. ON KINDNESS

 Hi,Cornelius

 Changed Lives

 Directory Assistance

 A Christmas Story

 Cold Hands

 The Woodwork

 The 1 hh Box

 The Sandwich Man

 Don't Pass Me By

 Bidding from the Heart

 Ask for the Moon and Get It

 Passing on Small Change

 Big Feet--Bigger Heart

 Winning Clifford and

 Goodness Defies the Odds

 Hope in a Bottle

 The Code of the Road

3. ON PARENTS AND PARENTING

 Cookies,Forgotten and Forgiven

 What's in a Name?

 The Only Memory That Lingers

 Urbana Farewell

 My Own Experience

 A Simple Act of Love

 Permission to Cry

 The Perfect Hug

 Winners and Winners

 When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

 Lessons in Baseball

 Catch of a Lifetime

 Letters to Eileen

 Someday

4. ON TEACHING AND'LEARNING

 Nouns and Adverbs

 How Could I Miss, I'm a Teacher!

 On That Note

 A Christmas Gift I'll Never Forget

 A Matter of Honor

 The Lesson Plan

 In Praise of Teachers

 The Greatest Teacher of My Life

5. ON DEATH AND DYING

 A Treasure in Time

 You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Anymore

 The Grave No One Tended

 Out of the Night

 The Donor

 Red Jell-O at Dawn

 When We Give Thanks

 A Mother Is Waiting

 I Thought You'd Want to Know

 Matt's Story

 To All Parents

 She Was Waiting

6. A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

 Angel in Our Backyard

 A Little off the Top,and a Lesson to Remember

 The Scar

 Thelma

 Through the Eyes of a Child

 To Save a Life

 The Baby Flight

 How to Tell When You're Rich

 Chuck

 Calling On a Girl Named Becky

 Innocence Abroad

 Song of the Bird

 Looking Down

7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

 The Story of Margaret and Ruth

 Angel at Work

 It's Up to You

 Unexpected

 Scattered Memories

 Snowed In

 Susie's Run

 The Right Thoughts Riding in My Mind

 A Tale of Canine Courage

 Don't Quit

 Persistence Pays Off

 When Your Back Is Against the Wall

 I'll Do Anything!

 Henri Dunant

8. ECLECTIC WISDOM

 The Trouble Tree

 The Small Gift

 The Old Fisherman

 I Was Dying

 Encouragement

 Inspiration

 State of Mind

 101 Gifts to Give All Year Long