Acknowledgments Introduction 1.MAKING A DIFFERENCE Going Home on the D Train A Gift of Peace for the Homeless Heart “The Impossible Dream?” A Child Survivor and Her Hero The Writing on the Wall The Five-Year Nightmare in Denmark Shared Tears of Grief and Hope “Peace”in a Bottle of “Joy”? P.K.'s Mission An Extraordinary Woman From Angry Kid to Peace-Prize Winner And a Little Child Will Lead Them Harriet Tubman:A Battle of a Different Kind Consider Me Your Bird 2.LOVE AND KINDNESS Sleep in Heavenly Peace Be Careful What You Teach Them Nonno Beppe's Gift Tammy's Trauma Compassion in a Preschool December Snow Reaching for Peace A Safe Place Connected in Spirit The Endless Time-Out 3.DEFINING MOMENTS My Homeless Man The Bath-Time Battle Redemption The Copper Bracelet My Enemy Has Become My Friend A Fire of Peace The Historic March on Washington Giving the Peace Sign One Child Guns Are No Match for Gentle Words A Risky Ride for Freedom Truth at a Tender Age The Last Day of My Life A Bully's Transformation in Room 7 Peace on Earth,Goodwill to Men Shopping for a New Coat 4.A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE 5.ANSWERING THE CALL 6.INSIGHTS AND LESSONS 7.ON WISDOM 8.GIVING BACK