As I See It: My View from the Inside Out

As I See It: My View from the Inside Out

Bestselling author Tom Sullivan explores life without sight and finds it rich and rewarding. In fact, heâ€™s gleaned a number of gifts from his â€œaffliction,â€ including:

â€¢ Iâ€™ve never assessed my relationship with people according to the limits of labels or assumption.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve enjoyed a world of senses available to all of us but almost never explored by the majority of those with sight.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve made challenge my road to limitless opportunity.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve cultivated a clear sense of my own purpose.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve learned to be passionate, celebrating my own uniqueness through the expression of that passion.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve found a powerful faith that has become my foundation for living.

â€¢ Iâ€™ve learned to love unconditionally through the interdependent relationship I share with my wife, Patty, and my children.

Through insightful stories and emotive writing, Tom describes a life of fullness, not lack, as heâ€™s made blindness a positive. For Tom Sullivanâ€”author, actor, athlete, singer, entertainer, and producerâ€”a life with blindness has been a life with very few true limits. In this elegant exploration of the senses, he considers the different challenges heâ€™s faced and explains the wonder he carries because, not in spite, of his blindness.

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Â . . . I realize that my way of looking at the world is unique and, yes, special. Iâ€™m sure that in Godâ€™s essential plan I was chosen to be blind, and after many years of struggle Iâ€™ve come to terms with that remarkable truth.

Along my journey I have learned much that I hope to pass on to you, but for now hereâ€™s what I want you to understand: blindness is the best thing that has ever happened to Tom Sullivan. Would I like to be able to see? Certainly; to see the beauty of nature in all of its forms, the faces of the people I love, and the myriad colors of a sunset. Iâ€™d love to play center field for the Red Sox or catch a touchdown pass from Tom Brady and the Patriots. But I have not only become content with my lot, I now celebrate my own uniqueness with closed eyes but a completely open soul. The joy in writing this book is in my knowing that even though I quite likely will never see as you do, I might just be able to change your perceptions and broaden the possibilities for your own appreciation for the grace God has provided us with and the life weâ€™re so blessed to live. So, take a lookâ€”as I see itâ€”inside out, rather than outside in.

â€”Tom Sullivan, from the Prologue
Country USA
Brand Howard Books
Manufacturer Howard Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 19351X
ReleaseDate 2012-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451663518

Country	USA
Brand	Howard Books
Manufacturer	Howard Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	19351X
ReleaseDate	2012-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451663518

As I See It: My View from the Inside Out

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