May 2007 Archives

It's official! I am going to be a co-author with Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield on the latest edition in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Chicken Soup for the University of Central Florida Soul is now underway. Proceeds will benefit the UCF Alumni Association.

If you are a member of the UCF family - student, alumni, parent, faculty, staff or administrator - and have a great Chicken Soup story, we want to hear from you. The critical point, though, is that it has to be WELL WRITTEN. You may have a truly great story that you tell very well, but if it's not WRITTEN well, we won't be able to use it.

How do you write a great Chicken Soup for the Soul story? Download the story guidelines for complete details.

Wally wanted to go back to my favorite, Seasons 52, so we were happy to oblige.

I picked Wally Amos up at the airport and headed downtown for a late lunch. We were walking to Dexter's in Thornton Park and passed a house where there'd obviously been a little partying going on the night before. There were some party cups laying around on the sidewalk. Without missing a beat, Wally bent down, picked them all up as if it were his own yard, and carried them down the street until we got to a garbage can.

It's just part of who he is. He cares about his environment and is not too proud to clean up after others' thoughtless behavior. I've found myself stopping to pick up a few pieces of trash myself this afternoon. Wow, if only we could start a movement, sorta like the old Prell commercials: I pick up two pieces, and you pick up two pieces...and so on and so on...