Embrace the Struggle

Healthy Survivors learn to embrace some of the unavoidable discomforts of life. For example, I've learned to embrace the uncertainty regarding my prognosis. So my interest was peaked when I was offered a review copy of Zig Ziglar's new book, Embrace the Struggle. Living Life on Life's Terms.

Ziglar is a highly successful motivational speaker who fell down a flight of stairs in 2007 and suffered a serious head injury. At 80 years of age, Zigler began a slow and painful recovery that was unlikely to return him to his pre-accident condition.

With the assistance of his daughter, Julie Ziglar Norman, Ziglar wrote of his struggles, hoping this book would inspire others. The introduction concludes with "This book is about living life on life's terms. It is about knowing what you can change and what you can't change and learning how to live your life with an enthusiastic expectation for what is yet to come. Where there is a struggle, there is life. For that we can be grateful."

This is a book about Christian faith in God and belief in Jesus Christ as savior. Ziglar's personal story and stories of friends and family are offered as testimony to this faith.

Illness is a test of faith. For Healthy Survivors who share Ziglar's religious faith, this book may inspire you and reinforce your beliefs. For Healthy Survivors who are searching for their spiritual home base, his stories may help you answer your questions, one way or the other.