Edmond E. Frank
AUTHOR OF AWARD-WINNING NOVEL, THE COURAGE OF A BUTTERFLY
Novelist, Poet, and Life Coach, writing personal life and self-help books
Life’s About the Ride
No matter who’s around sharing your trip,
your life is always held in your grip—
your grip upon the throttle.
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YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR LIFE.
You don’t have the luxury of blaming
ANYTHING or ANYONE
except yourself.
Will you be the one who prefers to ride the line?
The line between truly LIVING
or giving up and DYING—
to ride the line called “JOY.”
In a world where so much dysfunction is the norm, perhaps “normal” is not to be desired.
This author’s writing is definitely not “normal.” It is simply about the real truths of life—truths everyone knows but few recognize. Because if they did, they’d have to give up blame and live in responsibility.
This author is definitely, NOT normal.
Here is one of life’s great truths:
Everything in your life begins as a thought.
Every dysfunction is but one you hold that’s not true.
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WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH?
When I first meet someone they quickly become aware that I am “not normal”. I see it in their eyes, and it no longer bothers me. In fact, I regard it as a compliment. Then when they find out I write books, they always ask what they are about. Ah, now that is the question. Do I tell them about that first novel—the one that got the gold literary award? Seems reasonable, after all, the others all follow that same venue—uncommon courage. I don’t see it that way. It is merely what naturally follows when one comes face to face with their mortality and has nowhere else to go. Did a butterfly ever have a choice?
One Death—One Birth: that is the story of that first book, The Courage of a Butterfly.
For me this life began in an ICU at the age of forty-five with a massive blood clot on the lung—the kind few survive. Lying there with that fist clutching the inside on my chest, I was fully aware that any moment could be my last, and with that awareness came an unseen presence, like smoke wafting through the room. Was it just the knowledge of my mortality? Who knows, but I knew that death was present—a tactile presence I could not deny.
With it came the realization that all the little lies I bullshitted myself about just the make my life work in the moment, were no longer applicable. One does not tell lies when in the presence of the Angel of Death. Yes, that was when I died.
You see, when the picture you hold as being who you are changes, your consciousness changes. And face it, what is death but a change in consciousness? This death was not the one I was expecting, nonetheless, who I was did indeed die in that ICU. You see, among those little lies was one big one—one with which I could no longer live.
Somewhere deep in my psyche I’d always know that should I ever allow it to emerge into the light of my consciousness it would surely obliterate who I was in life.
To die and be born on the same day—that Is the story this book tells. What is normal for a Butterfly, requires an uncommon courage from Mankind.
Redneck Spirituality—The Secret on Steroids.
“Finally! A self-help author who doesn’t sweeten his words to appease the audience! E. Egorhh Frank’s book hits you with the bitter truth and directs you away from unrealistic expectations toward clear, intelligent, and logical conclusions. The book’s searching questions are expertly structured to spark a deep, thorough examination of the self. I found various useful, practical suggestions throughout the book, like choosing to tell someone you “don’t live in the same world” with them instead of telling them they’re wrong. Redneck Spirituality: Book Four reveals, with an unapologetically candid tone, why you don’t have to smile ingratiatingly, marry to prove your love, or agree with society. For anyone who feels trapped and lost, it will show you how you can find the strength and courage you need to be happy, free, and excellent by your definition – not society’s.”
– Readers’ Favorite 5-star Review
Reviewed by Foluso Falaye Readers’ Favorite
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NOTE: Of the Redneck Spirituality Series, only Book Four has been submitted for review. But it has garnered the coveted 5-star Reader’s Favorite stamp of excellence. What this reviewer found so ingratiating about Book Four could be said for every one of the five books in this series.
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