From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand: A Roll Through LifeAs Marshall, with his wife and family, rolls through life, accompany him. Enjoy the witty and often whimsical episodes that occur. In work, play, travel, community, and worship, ponder the dialogues of opinions, perceptions, events, and realities of being physically challenged. The journey, which includes more than fifty years in a wheelchair, is presented in a topical display in chapters on different arenas of life: The Paradox - Diversities of perceptions and realties. The Good Old Days - Early life on a one-horse farm. Fate Knocked at My Door - The accident. Angels of Mercy - Hospitalization. Letters of Cheer - Student nurses’ letters. Give Me Elbow Grease - Rehabilitation You Can Go Home Again - Summer at home. The Halls of Ivy - Education. Keeping the Faith – Job searching. The Birds and the Bees – Love and passion. Dreams Come True - Marriage and family. Toiling in the Vineyards - Work experiences. No Man is an Island - Community life. On the Road - Travel. God Bless You – God, others, and I. Keeping the Juices Flowing - Adapting Can’t See the Forest for the Trees – Perceptions. Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk – Realities. The Golden Years - The senior years. The Journey has been one of challenges, physical, mental, and spiritual. It included two years of hospitalization and rehabilitation to prepare him to enter a world not yet ready for the physically challenged. He found himself looking inside with no way in. He boarded airplanes by hand-walking the support rails. He dealt with perceptions: “What can you do? You are handicapped!” His faith and hope were tested: Why me, God? Should I marry? Will any company hire me? Successes came: A lovely wife, two beautiful adopted babies, enjoyable work, friendships, health, and joy.
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... live for the recognition or the praise of others. Neither should we limit ourselves by the perceptions of or the expectations for us of others. We should use our God-given abilities to the fullest, creating our own unique reality, while ...
... live in the suburbs of a medium size city. My wife is a homemaker. I am employed at a major computer company. I am active in the life of our church and, to a lesser extent, in the social and other activities of the community. I help my ...
... live within the bounds that had been dictated. I could not long for the way that things were done before. It just wasn't going to be that way any more! Neither was there anything to gain by describing my life with a 'before' and an ...
... lives . For me , toiling in the fields from sunup to sundown played its part . It was a time for dreams . As I cultivated corn , tobacco , and vegetables , I dreamed . I dreamed of learning more about the world that I was a part of . I ...
... live. But they aren't choosy about who looks at them! We enhanced our culture more by observation. Maybe, Confucius stilled rested easy in his below earth abode. We identified trees by the color and texture of their bark, their ...
Contents
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Letters of Cheer | 47 |
Give Me Elbow Grease | 65 |
You Can Go Home Again | 87 |
Keeping the Faith | 111 |
Dreams Come True | 133 |
Toiling in the Vineyards | 157 |
No Man Is an Island | 185 |
On The Road | 213 |
God Bless You | 233 |
Keeping the Juices Flowing | 253 |
Cant See the Forest for the Trees | 275 |
Dont Cry Over Spilled Milk | 295 |