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There Are No Wheelchairs in Heaven. Reprinted by permission of D. Trinidad Hunt. ©1995 D. Trinidad Hunt.

  The Cookie Thief. Reprinted by permission of Valerie Cox. ©1993 Valerie Cox.

  The True Story of Arbutus and Sea Gull. Reprinted from The Boston Globe.

  Lady, Are You Rich? Reprinted from The Bigness of the Fellow Within by Dr. B. J. Palmer, by permission of Palmer College of Chiropractic.

  The Flower in Her Hair. Reprinted by permission of Health Communications, Inc. from Gifts of the Heart by Bettie B. Youngs. ©1996 Bettie B. Youngs.

  Avalanche. Reprinted by permission of Robert G. Allen. ©1995 Robert G. Allen.

  You Very Good; You Very Fast. Reprinted by permission of Kathi M. Curry. ©1995 Kathi M. Curry.

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  The Accident. Reprinted by permission of Robert J. McMullen Jr. ©1995 Robert J. McMullen Jr.

  From the Mouth of a Small Boy. Reprinted by permission of Elaine McDonald. ©1995 Elaine McDonald.

  The Edge. Reprinted by permission of Kathleen Louise Smiley. ©1995 Kathleen Louise Smiley.

  Our Deepest Fear. Excerpted from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson. ©1992 Marianne Williamson. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

  Whiners. Reprinted from Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by permission of Random House. ©1993 Maya Angelou.

  Great Value in Disaster. Reprinted from The Sower's Seeds by permission of Paulist Press. ©1994 Brian Cavanaugh.

  Good News. Reprinted from The Best of Bits & Pieces by permission of The Economics Press. ©1994 The Economics Press.

  When We're Alone, We Can Dance. Reprinted by permission of Beth Ashley. ©1987 Beth Ashley.

  Johnny. Reprinted by permission of Barbara A. Glanz. ©1995 Barbara A. Glanz.

  TEXT EXCERPT AS SUBMITTED from I Can't Accept Not Trying by MICHAEL JORDAN and PHOTOGRAPHS BY SANDRO MILLER. ©1994 by Rare Air, Ltd. Text ©1994 by Michael Jordan. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

  The Passionate Pursuit of Possibility. Reprinted by permission of James E. Conner. ©1984 James E. Conner.

  Player of the Game. Reprinted with permission from the February, 1995 Reader's Digest. ©1995 by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.

  We Never Told Him He Couldn't Do It. Reprinted by permission of Kathy Lamancusa. ©1995 Kathy Lamancusa.

  A Lesson in Heart. Reprinted by permission of Stan Frager. ©1995 Stan Frager.

  Fourteen Steps. First published in the Ensign Magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Used by permission.

  My Body Was Turning to Stone. Reprinted with permission of McCall's Magazine. ©1995 by Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing.

  The Beauty Remains; the Pain Passes. Reprinted from The Best of Bits & Pieces by permission of The Economics Press. ©1994 The Economics Press.

  The Miracle Bridge. Reprinted from A Fresh Packet of Sower's Seeds by permission of Paulist Press. ©1994 Brian Cavanaugh.