Presents a retelling of a traditional Italian tale in which a kindly Genoese merchant, richly rewarded for solving an irritating problem for the king of the Spice Islands, causes a greedy rival to try and gain a fortune in the same way.

Because of the stress and fast pace of people's lives and the heartrending incidents that are happening in our world today, readers need short, easy-to-read messages of hope and immediately implementable ideas they can apply in their own lives to help create a more positive, caring world. PRICELESS GIFTS-Using What God's Given You to Bless Others does just that. In this inspirational book Barbara Glanz helps people to focus on POSITIVE experiences and particularly to become aware of the many small gifts of caring they receive each day. As they become more aware of receiving these gifts, they will be encouraged to give gifts of their own, not random acts of kindness but intentional acts of caring. With chapters such as "Treasure Gifts," "Memorial Gifts," "Anonymous Gifts," "Labors of Love," "The Gift of Words," "Pass-It-Along Gifts," "Humorous Gifts," "Romantic Gifts," and "Little Things Mean a Lot," the author shares heartwarming examples of things people from all over the world are doing to use their gifts to encourage others. This book is about people who are choosing to give to others, making a conscious effort to make a difference in someone's life. Through the stories of other's giving, readers will be inspired to find creative, intentional ways they, too, can surprise and delight the people around them. And, as a result, they will be making a positive difference in this world.

In Priceless Gifts, Alan Gibson challenges us to keep our hearts and schedules open to every opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

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This book is an initiative of the Polish Bishops' Commission for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The author follows the path of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata and presents consecrated life like a mosaic.In short articles under specific keywords, he elucidates the most important elements. These articles are assembled in the key of contemporary ecclesiology, using the Church's threefold identity as mystery, community and mission.

This book is a story about Ymas journey with the sudden diagnosis and her brief battle with Papillary Thyroid Cancer. She shares her inside experiences and provides a thorough explanation of how she went through it and found humility through her experience and healing. She credits the love and support of others as her strength to get through one of the most difficult times that she has faced. September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month.