Beyond the Scars

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When bad things happen, how will you respond?

You don’t see it coming. Whether it is a bad diagnosis, a failed relationship, an accident, an injustice—your life changes in an instant. Let’s face it: life can be hard, even cruel. Life happens to each of us.

When faced with a challenge, a setback, or failure, how you respond can make all the difference in your future.

You can’t always dictate the events that happen to you. But you can change the results, one decision at a time. Let this inspiring story of tragedy and triumph give you the courage, the hope, even the faith, to believe that when your life doesn’t turn out quite like you planned, it can still be good—even AMAZING!

Matt Manzari was a professional wakeskater by the age of 15. He was making a name for himself and leaving his mark in the watersports industry. But his world and his career came to an abrupt halt through a devastating accident, and he had to start over. Years later, 12,000 volts of electricity shot through his body, literally cooking him alive. A young husband and father, Matt again had to discover a new life for himself and his family. Today, Matt speaks to audiences around the world and lives in Central Florida with his wife Bobbye Jean and their three sons.

Chapter One: Moments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter Two: Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter Three: Crossroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter Four: Clarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter Five: Brokenness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Chapter Six: Exposed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter Seven: Glimpses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Chapter Eight: Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Chapter Nine: Humbled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Chapter Ten: Illusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Chapter Eleven: Unfair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Chapter Twelve: Regardless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The author feels a strong call to help people live the life they were intended to live. While fueled by his personal faith, the author writes in a way that can be motivational and inspirational to both people of faith and those who have not yet embraced faith in God as a core value in their life. The authors motivation for writing this book is to help readers move past the limitations they place on themselves. Life is not fair. Bad things happen to good people. The key is what we do with those difficult circumstances. The author wrote this book to provide readers a pathway out of the places in life where they feel “stuck”, providing them the motivation to make the mindset changes needed to live a life of meaning, significance, purpose and joy.

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Dimensions	1 × 6 × 9 in