Defining Moments On The Journey Of Life

The author’s purpose in the writing of this particular literary account of his life was to offer practical and useful tools that will assist others in making wise decisions and beneficial choices in life. He draws from his unique personal, as well as professional knowledge and experiences, in the attempt to shed light upon what it truly means to discover one’s purpose, plan and meaning in life. The discovery of that plan, provides for us a sense of direction and understanding of how we fit into this vast and complex world. It is revealing for us to be blessed to make such a remarkable discovery. This documentary gives a detailed account of how to overcome adversities and reach a level of success. It gives useful advice and offers practical tools to utilize, in order to accurately analyze and assess the best plan of action. The ability to gain a clearer perspective and arrive at workable solutions is never an easy task. Vital Information and keys are offered. – Spiritual Keys (Chapter 3) – Financial Management Keys (Chapter 4) – Keys of Enlightenment / Success (Chapter 5) – Successful Marriage / Relationship Keys (Chapter 6) – Pastoral Care Keys (Chapter 7) and – New Insights / Decision Making Keys (Chapter 8). It is the author’s prayer, that he will be able to offer helpful tools that will hopefully assist in the decision making process. The goal is to encourage, enlighten, inform and inspire others on their journey of discovery, to move towards a greater sense of self-fulfillment and self-actualization. The revelation of workable solutions and enlightenment about who we truly are; our gifts and abilities, then becomes what is referred to as our purpose and plan in life and our “Defining Moment.” Everything becomes a little clearer and more meaningful to us when we are able to discover just how we fit into this blessed and great phenomenon called life. This mystery is made clearer to us and can only culminate in our discovery of “God.”

This book describes the defining moments that took place in Vernon Brewer's life as he traveled in Mexico as a teenager, and throughout his life, from village huts of Africa to various other places in the world; and how each of these moments revelead another part of God's plan.

"Defining Moments in Life" is a book of poetic expressions about experiencing more for your life. It is broken down into categories of love, life in forward progress, answering the call, and great moments. They are full of encouragement and motivation. If you are not sure about experiencing these moments, they will become familiar after reading this book. All in all, there is a message of hope and life for the reader. Hope for today and tomorrow. At times, we need to intercede on the behalf of others. Some times they are unable to do it for themselves. Give someone a word of hope today! Time is precious and we don't want to waste any of it. Stop putting off for tomorrow what needs to be done today. Are you ready to begin your journey? "Time is so important; and the moments are precious and few. Special is each second that is used by you. Don't take this life for granted. Treat each day as if it's new. These moments are precious and few."

Sometimes in life, change allows you to take a different path. The choices and decisions you make in those moments shape your life. You have the opportunity to become the person you could have been if you had made different choices. Fear of change, on the other hand, often prevents you from seizing the chance to create the life you want. In Defining the Moment, the author provides tried-and-true strategies to help you analyze what’s important to you right now and explore taking a different path to a more fulfilled life. After reading this book, you will see new possibilities, have new confidence, and be ready to take action that you previously lacked the courage to take in order to build the life you desire. Lack of clarity, limiting beliefs, and apprehension about change will no longer prevent you from living the life you were born to live.

From growing up in poverty to developing drugs that fight diabetes, seizures, and cancer, Dr. Frank L. Douglas has lived a life based on values, hard work, and self-control. Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream is a reflection on the events and people that made him into the man he is. In 1963, the year of the murder of Medgar Evers, Civil Rights marches, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, twenty-year-old Douglas arrived in the United States. A Fulbright scholar from British Guiana, Douglas studied engineering at Lehigh University, received his Ph.D. and M.D. from Cornell University, and did his Residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins. A curious and motivated young man from a colonial country struggling for independence, Douglas was shocked by the racism he received from white Americans and the cultural prejudice he received from black Americans. Struggling with his faith and identity, Douglas decided to control his own future through grit, hard work, and the road less travelled. Intimate and honest, incisive and searching, Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream is a memoir of self-determination and blazing your own path in a narrow-minded world. About the Author Dr. Frank L. Douglas grew up in British Guiana with his mother and four siblings. His love of education earned him a Fulbright Scholarship and he came to America during the turbulent years of the 1960s. He worked at Ciba Geigy and Aventis, and was involved in pharmaceutical research for drugs that treat tuberculosis, arthritis, diabetes, seizures, cancer, and pulmonary embolism, among others. Douglas has received the Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development Director of the Year Award in 2001 and 2004; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers in 2002; the Black History Maker Award in 2007; the Geoffrey Beene Foundation and GQ Magazine Rock Star of Science in 2010; and the Caribbean Heritage Award for Entrepreneurship in 2011 Douglas wrote Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream in honor of all who helped him on his journey.

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember twenty years later? What if a manager knew how to create an experience that would delight customers? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children? This book delves into some fascinating mysteries of experience: Why we tend to remember the best or worst moment of an experience, as well as the last moment, and forget the rest. Why “we feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not.” And why our most cherished memories are clustered into a brief period during our youth. Readers discover how brief experiences can change lives, such as the experiment in which two strangers meet in a room, and forty-five minutes later, they leave as best friends. (What happens in that time?) Or the tale of the world’s youngest female billionaire, who credits her resilience to something her father asked the family at the dinner table. (What was that simple question?) Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck—but why would we leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them? The Power of Moments shows us how to be the author of richer experiences.

Face the Truth Life is full of defining moments. Like landmarks on a road map, these moments mark key points along your life’s journey. A defining moment happens when you come face-to-face with a truth that invites you to change the way you live. It demands that you make a decision. And regardless of the choice you make, you will never be the same. In this eight-part companion study guide to the Defining Moments DVD, bestselling author Andy Stanley examines several such moments as depicted in the lives of people from Scripture—the kinds of moments many of us will experience in our lifetimes. And if you’re willing to look at truth honestly, these moments can change your life forever. Story Behind the Book While working to develop a series that would introduce people to a new mind-set about the way they live their lives, Andy Stanley discovered the influence that defining moments have. Now, after teaching this principle to his staff, church, and through the extended home study groups of North Point Community Church , this DVD and study guide material are releasing to a national audience through North Point’s relationship with Multnomah.