Surviving The Darkness

Regardless of how strong and prepared we think we are, life has a way of humbling us with unexpected challenges from time to time. How we react to those challenges eventually comes to define the kind of person we are. This little book of prose, poetry and sketches sprung from the heart of a journey that carried the author down a series of dark and dreary pathways and back into the light, providing him with an awareness that what happens to us is not nearly as important as how we react to what happens to us. The author uses poetry to show how adversity can be confronted as you decide whether to surrender or survive. He chose survival and his journey should inspire others who face similar challenges. The stories that follow the poetry serve as entertaining evidence of that survival.