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Coming of Age Creative Nonfiction Inspirational

Mind governed.

He grew a colourful shirt, with vivid internal and external memories.

His imagination was a kalleidescope of pictures, dreams and desires.

Collected insects, fascinated by nature was very social as well. He united his whole infant school to

orchistrared games, he was artistic, creative in mind and the external world.

Had luck on his side, won every event on sports day, broke the record for a sponsored event, he never 

had an opposition to his needs.

Barely seven years old, his world, little was he aware, was about to start crashing down, but at the same 

time the same cause would strengthen his imagination.

A man of no wasted words moved in.

Heightened awareness around the grenade, meant he became alert to how this man was feeling even 

thinking, this soon rubbed of as his ability to sense emotions in others too. His blissful easy childhood, 

made even more rosey by a sensitive mother, became a toil with the senses that he made no sense of 

through lack of relevant teaching. He matured to a teen, attempting calls for help were wained of as 

troublesome and age relevant but he had not sussed what help was required or what he himself could do.

At secondary school he is awash with amazement in the visual and creative arts. So adept was he as 

thinking he was managing he passed on taking exams, he knew he would be fine. This led to finding 

employment very difficult but he got by with his, unknown to him, facade of confidence. 

His homelife still effected him, late teenager he moved out temporarily. He knew not but the mystical

was following his every move and affected every attribute he posessed, childhood meant he did not 

have many worldly ones, he assumed natural selective had him in favour. He was pretty good at 

everything he tried, physical+mental agility, looked the part, dressed well, and humourous is not a big 

enough word! He could sense the funny side of anything, just as he sensed a picture in the most abstract 

content made him good at photography, he was pleased because he had lost patience to sit and draw his 

art. 

All his talent, ability to connect and skills were wasted with factory or bar work. He had the means to 

serve many people but unwittingly declined, attending manual college courses. He was a real people person

and may have had more luck in the public sector.

He is back after his temporary absence, where he got up to much mischief, back to decline. Things are no 

better facade fronts have affected lots of people he knew including family.

Finally, always on the cards, he loses the plot and becomes a regular drink-driver. 

He skidded and crashed, put his head through the window, this was time.

He glided into adulthood with a newly aquired severe disability, new mental faculties, and whole new image 

of himself. Where he looked ok and was good at most things, unnadmitted by himself at the time before 

the accident he most definetly had a self consealing narcisstic streak. 

Now he was to learn another realm of living, it does not matter what you are good at, and looking good 

with a disability made him a wannabe in many views. He had to change everything, which is made difficult

when he over or under-reacted to most things.

He continued with his creativeness designing for charitys and voluntary work. He really getsinto the 

digital arts but still does not decide on a vocation. He starts doing speeches with another charity.

Drive your life, not your vehicle after a drink. Thats what ended his life but was to start another.

He utilizes as much creativeness as possible, allbeit living in the past and write about all his life, 

especially drink-driving and disability.

So when he had all the amazing talent and gifts he did not appreciate them and utilize them, not he has 

lost much and hashad to reconfigure himself, he is utilizing his mind more.

His advice is to appreciate, acknowledge and regard, yourself as much as others. You know what you like 

and what you are good at so put this to use, before it is taken. 

Says in the Bible he thinks, thou who hath, more shall be given. Thou who hath not more shall be taken away.

Where most things were natural he now have to think about thinking and really effort to remain himself.

Have to think about what to say, what he wants to say, what he wants/does not want. Interactions are more difficult, just regard this simple ability if you have it. They say we appreciate the things that we do not have and do not regard that which we do have. He knows this to be true in his case, he did not be grateful for what he was good at or put to good, beneficial use, so this was nearly taken and certainly made more difficult to manufacture.

Work on and with your strengths do not just take them for granted

You will miss what you whinge about when they are no longer the same.

Do not condemn yourself or others for not being good at something, we all have our flare in certain differing areas. This is why he can sense something beautiful in every person he acquaints. Give all people the chance they deserve to prove themselves. Do not beat yourself up when your not as able to do something as someone else, you are more than probable better in other areas to carry out exactly what they cannot.

David and Goliath, the Shephard boy beat the Goliath in a dual, now who would have put their money on him? What he is saying is not to judge a book by its cover, do not judge/conclude people by appearance or first impressions.

For example you would never guess, the him with his disability joined a specialized athletic club and was encouraged, in a fashion, to jog and even jump small hurdles! He was not gonna win any races but this is a proud story of his.

Derive to arrive.

June 11, 2021 07:55

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