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Authentic heroism

Dan Sadowsky

Editors' Note: In a survey in the United States by a university professor, three hundred and forty students were asked to name their top five heroes.

SECOND THOUGHT

Richard Saltus

From The Boston Globe, June 4, 1985

A walk in the country

GREG HANSCOM with contributions from MARY LESLIE HANSCOM

When I was in elementary school, I started taking guitar lessons at a home about a mile from the school.

To heaven with them

ALBERTA R. DRESSEL

When people have offended us, been unkind, or even deliberately cruel, and we disagree with them, how easy it is to fall into the old devil belief and say (to ourselves at least), "To blazes with them!" But when we do this, are we not saying they are unworthy of our love, and God's love?

Me, forgive?

KATHLEEN PURDY SMITH

There was a time when I felt very uncomfortable with the concept of my forgiving others' sins.

How far does our love reach?

LIEBER ANKER

We may live with ourselves, but we don't live for ourselves—or at least we shouldn't.

Love knows no barriers

MAJA JOANNA GECK

After World War II, I was involved with aid to individuals in countries that had been devastated by warfare.

How a spiritual sense of family heals racial prejudice

JULIO C. RIVAS T.

While growing up I saw much evidence of racial prejudice.

Holding God's hand

Margaret H. Sullivan

One afternoon Brendan was supposed to take a nap, but when he put his head down on the pillow, his ear hurt and he started to cry.

Lean a little harder

HELEN G. HASLER

When I was in high school, I was very much in need of a summer job.

The logic of spirituality

DAVID G. MUTCH

Once when I was still a teen-ager, I had a fever blister developing on my lip—a minor ailment that is generally supposed to have a course to run.

Green pastures—the spiritual consciousness of good

SUSAN HUNT DEAL

A friend of mine was on an airplane once when the pilot warned the passengers to be prepared for turbulence due to a violent storm.