Excerpts From a Stream of Consciousness

Guy Knickerbocker - the first time I met this man several years ago, it was all I could do to remain calm and composed as he struggled to articulate himself. It literally took him almost 10 minutes to say something that the average human could have expressed in 2 minutes or less. You see, Guy Knickerbocker is a surviving stroke victim. The stroke statistics for the United States alone are quite alarming. About every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a stroke.  Every 4 minutes someone dies of a stroke. Of the 15 million people worldwide who suffer from a stroke each year, 5 million die and another 5 million are permanently disabled. (Stroke statistics quoted from https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/facts.htm and http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/about-stroke/stroke-statistics/) While Guy was blessed to remain in the 66% of stroke victims to remain alive, he joined the 33% of those who are permanently disabled. Visually, Guy would appear to be your typical 80-somethin...

 Dear reader, I feel the compelling urge to warn you that what you are about to read is quite literally my stream of consciousness (Yes, I absolutely LOVE that phrase! It emphasizes so well how my brain processes things.). It scares me to think about how much my readers may possibly learn about me through my writings, since I try to be as open and honest with myself as I can about what I'm feeling and pondering, and those things will manifest themselves throughout my writings. In fact, my biggest fear in actually "blogging" these writings was that people would get to know more about me than I was comfortable with them knowing, but I've decided to use this opportunity for personal growth. If you as a reader find some meaningful content within these writings, Praise be to God! If not, know this - I am writing this stuff for my personal sanity; I can only hope that these writings challenge you to think.                       ...