Last week, a Facebook friend posted the following quote:
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”
These two sentences hit me like a ton of bricks. I scoured the Internet and quotation books to find the source. It showed up on a couple of meditation blogs and Pinterest posts without author attribution. I don’t know who said or penned it, but the more I read the passage the more I reflect on my own life journey.
For the past several years, I’ve been thinking about my journey and writing about it in Summer in the Waiting Room: How Faith, Family, and Friends Saved My Life. I’ve posted 21 excerpts on East Side Eddie Report.com, and plan to complete and publish the manuscript as a book early next year. The powerful two-sentence quote elegantly captures my personal journey and forms the cornerstone of the book.
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About Summer in the Waiting Room
Summer in the Waiting Room: How Faith, Family, and Friends Saved My Life is the unique and inspiring story of a boy who grew up in a working-class neighborhood, failed at college and lost hope, met and married the love of his life, returned and finished college, raised a family, and found some success in business and public office. It’s also the story of a man who vowed never to fail again and toiled tirelessly trying to redeem himself, only to find true redemption, while in a state of complete helplessness in the ICU.
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Eddie, good to hear your doing well. Why is redemption so important for you. In some rare occasions we don’t have the opportunity to go back and either right a wrong , or make good on something we need to make right. Believe I know what’s it’s like to go through your life wishing I’d made better choices . I feel a person has to look inward and just to live a better life , with better choices and try never to look back . History is the past . Yes, feel free to every now and than to reflect on it but in no means dewell on it . It’s History. Take care my friend .
Hey Charlie…it’s great to hear from you. You’re right! That’s what my story is about. It took a life-changing medical crisis or me to get it. I hope you keep reading!
Eddie