We Call It Life: Reflections from the Classroom of Life

This work is a walk and a journey into the realities of life. It shares reflections from tragedy and grief to hope and healing. The different pieces of this work, challenge the reader to succor the self, despite the problems and pain of life and in the process, persevere to a place of wellness. This work challenges us to redefine our role in the world and in our relationships. It calls on us to reconstruct our rubric so we can look beyond the casual that we have been taught, to paying attention to the constructive and consequential that we must know. It summons us to give ourselves a chance to be carefully prudent enough to succeed. It reminds us of our responsibility and at the same time focuses us on our finality. It calls us to authenticity, reminds us of life's adversity, but also points us to our possibility. It calls us to get away from being gullible and from the gimmicks of our space and from the aura of grandiosity in our interactions, to a place of growth and well-being. It challenges us to get in touch with ourselves and embrace the opportunity of the genesis of a much brighter and fulfilling life in our tomorrow.

Elwin St. Rose is a Minister/Chaplain and trained Therapist with an intense interest in human behavior and interactions. His work with individuals, couples, families and religious communities for well over three decades, has been an indescribable and insightful journey into life and its challenges. A keen student of human dynamics and trained in Behavioral Psychology, he observes and gleans from both the spiritual and behavioral aspects of life and converts his insights into lessons of hope, change and challenge. An avid reader and skillful listener, he spends his time engaging, listening and ever learning from the classroom of life. He lives in Central Florida.