The section of the newspaper lies open, double pages exposing this day its contents of almost two dozen short stories. Hesitation sets in as to whether to read the stories or not. I do so and unveil a slice of humanity. The featured protagonists have undergone rich and varied series of adventures. Their life stories reveal where they began, their courses of education, the paths they traveled to pursue what they wanted to do for a living, and the people they chose to accompany them on their life's journey.
The stories reveal their authors' immense accomplishments, tremendous challenges, boundless joy. Some took long winding paths to the end of their stories. Other stories ended way too soon. Most are success stories, enumerating all the positive events that have occurred. It occurs to me that if all the characters in these stories could meet, they could form a happy and successful community of their own. But realize, these people did not write their own stories. There are few first person accounts on these pages.
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