Introduction /; Jay Allison
; Finding the strength to fight our fears /; Terry Ahwal
; I will take my voice back /; Quique Aviles
; A silent night that brought healing /; Steve Banko
; Living with integrity /; Bob Barret
; The strange blessing that brought me home /; Robin Baudier
; Returning to what's natural /; Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus
; The right to be fully American /; Yasir Billoo
; The person I'm supposed to be /; Andy Blowers
; Making it up as I go along /; Alice Brock
; Sticking my nose in the world's business /; Brigid Daull Brockway
; Teaching a bad dog new tricks /; David Buetow
; The learning curve of gratitude /; Mary Chapin Carpenter
; Failure is a good thing /; Jon Carroll
; The faith that brings me peace /; Betsy Chalmers
; The person I want to bring into this world /; Laura Shipler Chico
; The deeper well of memory /; Christine Cleary
; A marriage that's good enough /; Corinne Colbert
; Creating our own happiness /; Wayne Coyne
; A way to honor life /; Cortney Davis
; We never go away /; Dennis Downey
; The questions we must ask /; Tamar Duke-Cohan
; Learning true tolerance /; Joel Engardio
; Doing things my own way /; Bela Fleck
; Dancing all the dances as long as I can /; Robert Fulghum
; A reverence for all life /; Michelle Gardner-Quinn
; A feeling of wildness /; David Gessner
; All the joy the world contains /; Jimmie Dale Gilmore
; As I grow old /; David Greenberger
; Untold stories of kindness /; Ernesto Haibi
; Peace begins with one person /; Ivory Harlow
; Do what you love /; Tony Hawk
; Combating the tyranny of the positive attitude /; Barbara Held
; My husband will call me tomorrow /; Becky Herz
; The tense middle /; Roald Hoffmann
; Living in the here and now /; Jeffrey Hollender
; Becoming a parent is a gift /; Chris Huntington
; Finding redemption through acceptance /; Interrogator
; Paying attention to the silver lining /; Annaliese Jakimides
; There is no blame; there is only love /; Ann Karasinski
; The universe is conspiring to help us /; Kevin Kelly
; We all need mending /; Susan Cooke Kittredge
; Telling kids the whole truth /; Martha Leathe
; Every person is precious /; Isabel Legarda
; Navigating turbulent waters /; Jimmy Liao
; All beings are interconnected /; James Loney
; A musician of many cultures /; Yo-Yo Ma
; Being content with myself /; Kamaal Majeed
; Be cool /; Christian McBride
; That old piece of cloth /; Frank Miller
; My home is New Orleans /; Mike Miller
; That golden rule thing /; Craig Newmark
; My personal leap of faith /; Bill Nunan
; Admittance to a better life /; Michael Oatman
; Living what you do every day /; Yolanda O'Bannon
; The long road to forgiveness /; Kim Phuc
; The practice of slowing down /; Phil Powers
; Living my prayer /; Sister Helen Prejean
; The chance to move forward /; Maria Mayo Robbins
; Utterly humbled by mystery /; Father Richard Rohr
; I always have a choice /; Catherine Royce
; I am not my body /; Lisa Sandin
; Resilience is a gift /; Joel Schmidt
; The designated celebrator /; Melinda Shoaf
; Baking by senses and memories /; Emily Smith
; Learning to trust my intuition /; Cynthia Sommer
; An optimistic view of the world /; Dan Tani
; Community in action /; Studs Terkel
; Music makes me come alive /; Joan Tower
; God is God because he remembers /; Elie Wiesel
; The guts to keep going /; Amy Lyles Wilson
; Freeing myself through forgiveness /; Yolanda Young
; A potential for brutality /; Yinong Young-Xu
; A duty to family, heritage, and country /; Ying Ying Yu
; We're all different in our own ways /; Joshua Yuchasz
; Afterword /; Dan Gediman.