Appetizers for the Soul emphasizes the necessity and advantages of common sense living in today's world. The positive phrases herein contained are intended to be a source of encouragement, challenge, and incentives to action.

Each idea presented is a practical lesson to be implemented and continually expanded in one's daily living and operation in society.

Hopefully, these sentences will stimulate your creative mind in developing your own "appetizers" which can become an additional source of encouragement to those you interact with.

Words fitly spoken, or recorded on paper, often contribute to the wellbeing of individuals, families, and nations. It's never by our much speaking that we shall be heard but, rather, by the salutary quality of what we seek to convey! Enjoy your appetizers, and offer them to other people!

"Appetizers for the Soul deserves the full attention of many readers on account of the distilled wisdom which the author offers with each thought. Dr. Lyra is a regular columnist for the newspaper I publish, and I can testify to the manifold, enthusiastic responses his writings always elicit from the reading public. I know the same will be the case with those who shall benefit from this precious volume!"

—Douglas Heizer, publisher, The Boca Raton Tribune

Boca Raton, Florida