Author Description

It may appear preposterous for anyone to welcome someone to misery, but there are two sides to every life situation. There is a positive side and there is a negative side. In this book, it is the author's effort to prove to the reader that the negative side is the greatest contributor to successful human development. This book reveals a true story about a Negro man who grew up during the era wherein Jim Crow and segregation were the law of the land in the south. It had to be the divine intervention of God that enabled the author to maintain a sound mind and a positive attitude. In each experience of misery, there was always the belief that something good will happen eventually, if the author chose to endure with an attitude of optimism. It is also his belief that even though some persons have been taught or scripted to be unkind, if kindness from the victim is reciprocated to them, in most instances, those persons will experience a change in attitudes. In reference to the author, he is a living proof that even if a person has experienced a life of poverty and misery, it can be overcome if one can maintain a positive and congenial attitude. Dr. Charles J. Williams, Sr. is an ordained minister who presently serves as presiding bishop of the 145 years old Western Assembly Disciples of Christ Churches founded in 1872, located in the southern part of Johnston County, three miles north of Newton Grove, North Carolina. This church organization is an affiliate of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ which is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.