The first two chapters are really great. They suck you in and give you an idea into what Carson is looking to do with the book. However, roughly 52%-54% of the book is devoted to people Carson has met over his life and he writes of their amazing lives and/or abilities. This is where, I think, the book was misleading.
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However, one childhood incident always leaps to mind whenever I think about that all-too-familiar question from my youth. My brother, Curtis, and I had received a BB gun as a gift, and we were anxious to try it out.
Curtis and I made eye contact. Mother hadn't been home earlier, so she knew nothing about our target practice. And we seriously doubted she'd had enough personal experience with BB guns to immediately recognize the damage for what it was. When she turned to us in search of an explanation, we had no choice but to confess. We were not going to lie to our mother. And we didn't want our neighbor to think she might have known anything about it.
Mother didn't say much. She looked more disappointed (and maybe a little embarrassed) than angry. The neighbor listened to our explanation and apology. He evidently believed our account of the incident because he accepted our apologies, but he wasn't about to shrug off the consequences of our behavior. "I'm gonna have to replace this whole section of screen," he told us. "And I can't do that for free."
No sooner had the man left than Mother turned, looked at us, and inquired, "Do you boys have a brain? You were shooting a gun toward someone's house! Did it not occur to you that you might miss the can sometimes? Did you not realize those BBs would have to go somewhere? Obviously, they went a lot farther than you intended for them to go. Or imagined they would go. They could have hurt someone! But boys, you are both smart. You need to use the brains God gave you and learn to think beyond the can!"
Talent: Our Creator has endowed all of us not just with the ability to sing, dance or throw a ball, but with intellectual talent. Start getting in touch with that part of you that is intellectual and develop that, and think of careers that will allow you to use that.
The Pirates led by five points, 36-31, at the break, but the Red Storm scored seven of the first 11 points in the second half, cutting the margin to two points, 40-38, on a dunk by junior forward Anthony Glover (Bronx, N.Y./Rice) with 17:13 to play. A driving layup and two free throws by Darius Lane began the Pirates run and freshman point guard Andre Barrett and senior Ty Shine each hit three-pointers as the lead grew to 56-45 with 12:18 to play.
This team or this season is part of the reason why I coach, St. Johns Head Coach Mike Jarvis said afterward, and I hope why they play. That is to learn and grow. So this was a learning season, it was not a losing season. If anyone saw us play this year, I think most people would feel the same way that I do today, and thats that these kids have given a tremendous effort night in and night out. 2ff7e9595c
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