Through a connection on Twitter, I was asked to submit a list of books on a subject of my choosing for FlashlightWorthyBooks (http://www.flashlighworthybooks.com), which I did. Yesterday I received the posting which will be submitted to several internet sites in a few days. I thought you might like a heads up on it right now. My subject is “Dealing With Your Challenges” and I picked a number of books that were written about some remarkable people. You may have a preview by going to: http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/Dealing-With-Your-Challenges-Books/469.
To name just a few, there is the diary of Anne Frank the Helen Keller story, and of course the history behind Barack Obama. These people come from all different parts of the world. I’ve included a story about a Chicana childhood, a child from the Dublin slums, and an American child from a severly dysfunctional family. It doesn’t matter where you come from, geographically or ethnically, or what the type of challenge you have, their stories are an inspiration to all of us.
I think about some people who may have been dealt a bad hand who use that as an excuse for their bad behavior, or use it to explain why they have chosen not to at least try to overcome their adversity. They somehow are comfortable to be a lifelong victim. In my mind there is no excuse for that.
Perhaps these people may never find a way to either deal with or overcome their problems to the degree the people in my list have done. But I so admire those that accept their situation and get on with it, that is, to do everything in their power make it better for themselves and everyone around them.
