![]() ![]() I admire his courage, although being a part of a society in modern day America, that more than ever wants to exclude God from the 'secular' world, he does not omit God from his story. He found purpose and a love of knowledge that propelled him to position and recognition well above his contemporaries and colleagues.īen Carson's story is inseparable from that of his mother's and from God. Even with an absent father and a mother who worked three jobs, Ben Carson overcame the root of anger and shame in his life. ![]() Through Ben Carson's trials he came to know the God of his mother, as his own God. In fact, sometimes the recognition for what he did was given to someone else instead! This serves as hope for me as a young professional or for any unemployed youth that we are not to despise humble beginnings and 'little work', no matter if we have a degree or a grade 10 certificate, whatever we find to do, we must do it to the best of our abilities, knowing that everything happens for a reason. ![]() Furthermore, when practicing medicine, Ben Carson often took up jobs from his colleagues cheerfully, despite the added work load, knowing he would get good experience from it. The humility of this brilliant man never ceases to amaze me, it is in fact humbling to know a now world renown neurosurgeon and politician was once a supervisor for a garbage collecting crew and worked in a mailroom on his school breaks. This revelation came from a woman with a third grade education and a whole lot of wisdom. Moreover, she had a strong belief to back it up, this belief shows through in her words to a young Ben Carson " The doors of the world are open to people who can read". She saw more than her life and circumstances, she saw a better life and a better world that she belonged too. I can see why Sonya Carson had to admit herself to an institute, such circumstances in life, are hard to bear, and we should never be ashamed to ask for help when we need it.īut Sonya Carson strikes me as a woman with vision, and I believe Ben inherited this gift from his mother. Losing one parent and finding myself, at the age of 18, depending on the other remaining parent was definitely a game changer. Reading this book now has a different meaning for me - the story was the same, but the context has changed due to my life experiences between High School and now. How can someone with so little and surrounded by misery, have so much joy? The impact of these words were heart breaking, as I imagined a young, poor, black boy living in an American ghetto. In his book, Gifted Hands, Ben Carson recalls his thoughts as a young boy - " I have sunshine in my heart, regardless of conditions around me". In Lee Strobel's journey from Atheism to Christianity captured in his famous book "A Case for Christ", it is mentioned that some of the most prominent and outspoken atheists were all men who had distant, abusive fathers or who had no father present in their lives at all.īen Carson would not have stood a chance against this world, if it not had been for the faith of his mother - Sonya Carson. The wisdom of this world tells us that Ben Carson, who at 8 years old lost the presence of his father in the home, should have undoubtedly become "one of the statistics" - one of the many young men who go through life mad at the world and hurting other people to somehow vindicate the pain of neglect and rejection. Evidence that the impact of Ben Carson's life story is being passed down through generations, right before our eyes. The first time I read Gifted Hands was in High School, my sister who is nine years younger than me, is now reading this same novel. The tree whose leaves never fade or wither and not only is that tree fruitful but its fruitfulness is long lived. His life is an illustration of the tree referred to in Psalms Chapter 1, the tree that is firmly planted and tended by streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season. What sets him apart is that his success is not short-lived as we see in the career of many one-hit wonders in Hollywood, or politicians shamed by their own double-standards. Ben Carson is undoubtedly one of the most prominent role models for young people in the 21st century. ![]()
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