"Obstacle Illusions is a powerful account of Stephen Hopson's life experiences ranging from defeat to triumph. Readers will find themselves laughing and crying and contemplating life in a deep, meaningful way."My favorite soup is in fact chicken soup along with some diced celery, egg whites, and a handful of green onions to make a delightful and hand-warming soup to eat and enjoy. Stephen Hopson isn't an illusion. He has made his obstacles in his life as nothing more than a series of challenges to overcome. Mind over matter as some people would say. It's also all about perspective in life and how you deal with it.
I met Stephen through email a few years back or so and corresponded with him several times and I even blogged about him a few times. This was a guy worth keeping an eye one. And sure enough. He wrote a book! People with the right thinking and attitudes are what attracts me to them regardless of their level of hearing hearing loss or background. It's the "can-do" attitudes that count and not a defeatist attitude blaming everyone and everything, always complaining. Negative attitudes suffocate the soul when one says, "I can't" when in fact you....can! Just like how I continue to face my own kind of adversity. I even had the audacity to become a forest fire fighter and help fight 100,000 to 200,000 acres fire on the front line with my ax and shovel. I'd say that's certainly a different kind of adversity in its own right on fighting wildfires with my fellow fire fighters on the front line in Washington, Idaho and North Carolina. It's not about overcoming oppression, it's about overcoming obstacles in life successfully. Sometimes you have to take risks in life to know what it really means to overcome obstacles life. Even if it means you're the only one to have done that like fighting forest fires for two weeks at a time.
You can order Obstacle Illusions through Amazon. Order one today!
And, oh, I just now ordered the book. It should arrive on March 23. I'll be looking forward to reading it!
UPDATE: It is now #9 in the Happiness genre and #23 Self Help and #793 overall (out of 8 million books)!
UPDATE II: Since the book is in the top 1000, Stephen Hopson now qualifies as a "bestselling author" with his book.
UPDATE III: Read in the Huffington Post "Obstacle Illusions: A Conversation with Author Stephen J. Hopson" on their interview with Stephen Hopson.
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Okay . . . I did some poking around and followed links, and eventually discovered that he is into Transcendental Meditation. Uhhhhhh . . . that leads me to treat him with caution.
Lola,
Keep an open mind and not assume things wrongly. This is a book about his life and overcoming obstacles. A closed mind won't go anywhere.
Okay . . . I'm going to see if the library is planning to carry the book on the shelf, or block out a couple hours to read it through at the bookstore.
not to get off-topic, but what's wrong with TM? it's simply a meditation technique and not a cult. Meditation techniques of various kinds are natural, healthy and respectable ways of achieving peace of mind. just sayin'.
back to topic - I ordered the book too! thank you, Mike, for once again pointing me to these inspiring success stories.
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Sounds like a good book to read. I agree that obstacles are all in the mind.
Thanks for sharing this, it looks like a great book based on the reviews so I ordered two copies of this book and looking forward to reading it as well as passing it along my buddies.
Hi there!My book just arrived, and I know I'll have to block this evening's time to read and then write my own blog/review. Stephen is a friend of mine. We met when he had few friends in Ohio.I was astounded with his communication skills, and he helped me to understand more about 'being silent'. It is unimaginable. Thus, Lola, even though TM sounds like something out of the ordinary, can you fathom why someone who dwells in silence, would be drawn to another form of communicating and connecting with their thoughts? I would ask Stephen about it, but this is my position in trying to understand something I do not practice. My blog deals with other adversities, in the cries for communication after Traumatic Brain Injury.
Nice report Mike!
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