On July 7, 1985, with no previous symptoms or slightest hint of a problem, Charles Jackard awakened with no strength in his legs.  This was a shock to a strong, active 49-year-old man of 6-feet-3, 215 pounds, who participated in athletics his entire life.  Now suddenly, alarmingly, he could barely walk from his bed to his bathroom.  Five hours of exploratory tests followed.  The diagnosis came back:  brain or spinal tumor, or blood vessels wrapped around the spine.  Then it changed to multiple sclerosis.  And it changed again before that first traumatic night ended: Gullian-Barre Syndrome.  With a tube down his throat, his lungs hooked to a machine, and unable to motion or speak, he spent three months in intensive care, virtually helpless.  After being moved to a rehab hospital, depression set in.  Over time, he made the transition from a "Why me? victim to a proactive rehabilitation process.  he made a conscious commitment and vow that has guided him to this point, and to whatever lies beyond:  "I will use this experience in a positive realm."

This book is a result of that commitment -- an easy-to read guide that anyone can use to help them find "a better way to live life."

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond to what happens to you.  There always is hope for something good to happen.