Bøger af Glenn Dromgoole

Every book tells at least two stories -- the story between the covers and the story outside the covers. A Texas author tells the stories behind the thirty books he has written and some he has helped get published. The author also writes a weekly newspaper column on Texas books, owns a book store with a small publishing division, and chaired or co-chaired the West Texas Book Festival for seventeen years.

Just Happy to Be Here is a collection of more than one hundred stories, columns, essays, and poems by Glenn Dromgoole of Abilene, Texas. Some of the pieces are adapted from other books by the author; many of them have never been published in book form. The book is subtitled: Words to encourage, enlighten, entertain. It is a mix of pieces that might be encouraging and others that might elicit a smile or a chuckle. Pieces include The One-Minute Graduation Speech; 20 Sermons in 20 Minutes; I Could Have Been a Masseuse, But I Rubbed People the Wrong Way; and A Poem to the World. If there's an overriding theme here, it is this: Life is to be taken seriously, for sure, but not too seriously. I'm just happy to be here!

Sometimes we find ourselves feeling like an old penny. Worthless. Forgotten. Discarded. Flattened. Ugly. Yet, like the penny, we still have value, and we can make a difference. We have the power to smile.We have the power to be kind.We have the power to be courteous and pleasant.We have the power to praise.We have the power to listen.We have the power to try.We have the power to care.We do not lack for power. We just need to recognize what we do have and make the best use of it. These short selections show readers the path to cultivating the everyday powers, gifts, and opportunities we all have, so as to make a positive difference in our world.Discover your power . . . discover The Power of a Penny.