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SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of HEALING
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of HEALING
Light is energy.
Your physical body is built by the energy and vibration of the consciousness of your soul over many lifetimes. You are here to experience life in a human body. Certain physical choices are made by your soul and higher-self before birth and may appear as physical limitation/s. Your lower-self makes other choices from moment to moment. There are two basic emotions on the earthplane. One is fear and the other is love. When you resist your chosen experiences through fear, you create blocks in your mental, emotional and spiritual bodies.
This eventually causes physical disease (dis-ease). Rigid and inflexible beliefs and mental attitudes cause both mental and physical tension. If you hold the physical body or an organ of the body in tension, over time something physical will manifest. Denied or suppressed emotions sit within the body until they manifest into a physical illness. When you fail to acknowledge your spiritual self, you hinder the supply of divine energy and eventually your physical body will wither away. All ill-health or disease is caused by stagnant energy. When you feel happiness and inner joy your cells flow with love and your body responds by being healthy. Love is a high frequency energy which keeps your body clear and flowing. All manifestations of fear are of a low vibration and block the flow of positive energy or ‘chi’. Healing takes place when high-frequency energy flows through the body, transmuting the stagnant energy which caused the disease.
You must always ask for permission before you interfere with anyone else’s energy. There are several reasons for this. · The person’s illness may be serving them in some way, whether they like it or not. It could be a karmic lesson they may need to experience and learn from. · The illness may be serving a higher purpose for the growth of the person’s soul. · The illness is their karma, and if they have not learned the lesson offered, you would not be serving their growth by healing it. · It may not be the right time for them to heal – and their soul will know this. · They may have a spiritual contract for someone else to facilitate their healing. · It is not up to you to decide what is or is not for the person’s highest good. If you are unable to ask permission from the person in question, use your intuition and tune into their Higher Self and simply ask. When you mentally ask for permission you will receive a distinct impression of an affirmative answer if it is appropriate. If you receive no distinct answer, do not send healing. In an emergency situation in which someone is injured, do not hesitate to help. Healing energy will flow through you if it is appropriate.
SPIRITUAL HEALING
When people dedicate themselves as ‘healers’, they attune themselves to the Divine, through spiritual practice, personal development and ‘right living’. This allows them to channel high-frequency energy, which flows through the cells of a person’s physical body. When a healer is a clear channel, miracles can take place and the soul of the person receiving will use the healing where it needs it most.
FAITH HEALING
The healer channels from the Divine, but the healing energy is activated by the power of prayer and faith.
ATTITUDINAL HEALING
The healer helps his client to change his attitude. When the sick person genuinely forgives himself and the person who has caused the ill feelings of resentment, hate, fear or other stagnant emotion, the energy block dissolves and light and love flow again.
ABSENT HEALING
Through prayer, spiritual healing or intention, light may be sent to someone to aid in their healing.
MAGNETIC HEALING
If someone has spare personal energy this may be used to transmute the lower frequencies which block someone else. Energy can be raised by dance, ritual or chanting. Because this is not Divine energy, the healing may not last unless it triggers the person’s own self-healing mechanism.
REIKI HEALING
Healers are attuned to high-frequency Universal symbols. This is rather like a television set being tuned in. When you are ‘attuning’ you bring in the Reiki energy to heal yourself and others.
ANGEL HEALING
Angelic healing is like spiritual healing, but the angels take the person who is giving healing and the person receiving it to God. The possibilities are limitless.
NATURAL HEALING
Homeopathy, acupuncture, crystal healing, sound healing, herbs, nutritional healing, and most natural therapies all work to re-align the sick person’s energy system and clear the blockages with high-frequency energy. They also stimulate the person’s own healing powers. The human consciousness is rising so that the higher chakras, or spiritual energy centres, are opening. More and more people are drawn to give healing at this time. Healing take place because light transmutes the lower vibrations of ill-health. Joanne UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL LAWS http://universalspirituallaws.blogspot.com/
INFORMATION INSPIRATION ENLIGHTENMENT EMPOWERMENT SPIRITUAL LAWS SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of ONE
The Law of One is about accepting everyone and everything as they are, without judgment. This includes the Self. On Earth we experience dark and light. This is the duality which comes from the...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of GRACE Grace is a Divine dispensation of mercy. It dissolves karma, creates miracles and can change matter. Our soul has accepted the opportunity to incarnate on this planet to learn about and experience...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of FAITH Faith is a quality of such high frequency that it transcends the lower laws and makes the impossible possible. Faith allows miracles to take place. The Law of Faith is simple. If you have total faith in...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of DECREE When you initialize the Law of Decree the might of the Universe is aligned behind it. Affirmations and prayers are repeated. Decrees are made only once. Examples of Decrees: By Divine Decree, in...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of BLESSINGS When you bless someone you are invoking the Law of Blessings and directing divine energy towards them. When this is done with genuine intent, a shaft of Divine White Light is transferred into the person you...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of GRATITIUDE Gratitude means giving thanks from your heart. When you do this, energy flows from your heart and activates certain responses from other people, as well as the Universe. When you are totally grateful to a...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of PERSPECTIVE Time is not linear. Your mental state changes your perception of time. If you are unhappy or bored, time slows down. If you are afraid, time seems to stand still. When you feel happy, excited and interested,...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of PURIFICATION Your aura surrounds your physical body as well as your etheric body. If your essence is pure your aura is a huge light surrounding you and protecting you. If you have unresolved issues, they show as dirty...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of FREQUENCY or VIBRATION Fear is a heavy vibration and a low frequency. In contrast, peace, calmness, love and harmony are light vibrations with a high frequency. Anger and rage are low vibration energies. Underlying them is...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of MIRACLES On Earth we live in a heavy vibration. This heavy vibration is subject to the Law of Karma. The Divine frequency dissolves and transmutes our lower energy, and a miracle occurs. This is the Spiritual Law of...
UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL LAWS All humans incarnate to experience life in a physical body. Earth is the place where we learn our lessons in the form of situations, life events and particular people. It is the way in which we deal with our... This article was posted by PsychicJoanne on hubpages.com
Your physical body is built by the energy and vibration of the consciousness of your soul over many lifetimes. You are here to experience life in a human body. Certain physical choices are made by your soul and higher-self before birth and may appear as physical limitation/s. Your lower-self makes other choices from moment to moment. There are two basic emotions on the earthplane. One is fear and the other is love. When you resist your chosen experiences through fear, you create blocks in your mental, emotional and spiritual bodies.
This eventually causes physical disease (dis-ease). Rigid and inflexible beliefs and mental attitudes cause both mental and physical tension. If you hold the physical body or an organ of the body in tension, over time something physical will manifest. Denied or suppressed emotions sit within the body until they manifest into a physical illness. When you fail to acknowledge your spiritual self, you hinder the supply of divine energy and eventually your physical body will wither away. All ill-health or disease is caused by stagnant energy. When you feel happiness and inner joy your cells flow with love and your body responds by being healthy. Love is a high frequency energy which keeps your body clear and flowing. All manifestations of fear are of a low vibration and block the flow of positive energy or ‘chi’. Healing takes place when high-frequency energy flows through the body, transmuting the stagnant energy which caused the disease.
You must always ask for permission before you interfere with anyone else’s energy. There are several reasons for this. · The person’s illness may be serving them in some way, whether they like it or not. It could be a karmic lesson they may need to experience and learn from. · The illness may be serving a higher purpose for the growth of the person’s soul. · The illness is their karma, and if they have not learned the lesson offered, you would not be serving their growth by healing it. · It may not be the right time for them to heal – and their soul will know this. · They may have a spiritual contract for someone else to facilitate their healing. · It is not up to you to decide what is or is not for the person’s highest good. If you are unable to ask permission from the person in question, use your intuition and tune into their Higher Self and simply ask. When you mentally ask for permission you will receive a distinct impression of an affirmative answer if it is appropriate. If you receive no distinct answer, do not send healing. In an emergency situation in which someone is injured, do not hesitate to help. Healing energy will flow through you if it is appropriate.
SPIRITUAL HEALING
When people dedicate themselves as ‘healers’, they attune themselves to the Divine, through spiritual practice, personal development and ‘right living’. This allows them to channel high-frequency energy, which flows through the cells of a person’s physical body. When a healer is a clear channel, miracles can take place and the soul of the person receiving will use the healing where it needs it most.
FAITH HEALING
The healer channels from the Divine, but the healing energy is activated by the power of prayer and faith.
ATTITUDINAL HEALING
The healer helps his client to change his attitude. When the sick person genuinely forgives himself and the person who has caused the ill feelings of resentment, hate, fear or other stagnant emotion, the energy block dissolves and light and love flow again.
ABSENT HEALING
Through prayer, spiritual healing or intention, light may be sent to someone to aid in their healing.
MAGNETIC HEALING
If someone has spare personal energy this may be used to transmute the lower frequencies which block someone else. Energy can be raised by dance, ritual or chanting. Because this is not Divine energy, the healing may not last unless it triggers the person’s own self-healing mechanism.
REIKI HEALING
Healers are attuned to high-frequency Universal symbols. This is rather like a television set being tuned in. When you are ‘attuning’ you bring in the Reiki energy to heal yourself and others.
ANGEL HEALING
Angelic healing is like spiritual healing, but the angels take the person who is giving healing and the person receiving it to God. The possibilities are limitless.
NATURAL HEALING
Homeopathy, acupuncture, crystal healing, sound healing, herbs, nutritional healing, and most natural therapies all work to re-align the sick person’s energy system and clear the blockages with high-frequency energy. They also stimulate the person’s own healing powers. The human consciousness is rising so that the higher chakras, or spiritual energy centres, are opening. More and more people are drawn to give healing at this time. Healing take place because light transmutes the lower vibrations of ill-health. Joanne UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL LAWS http://universalspirituallaws.blogspot.com/
INFORMATION INSPIRATION ENLIGHTENMENT EMPOWERMENT SPIRITUAL LAWS SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of ONE
The Law of One is about accepting everyone and everything as they are, without judgment. This includes the Self. On Earth we experience dark and light. This is the duality which comes from the...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of GRACE Grace is a Divine dispensation of mercy. It dissolves karma, creates miracles and can change matter. Our soul has accepted the opportunity to incarnate on this planet to learn about and experience...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of FAITH Faith is a quality of such high frequency that it transcends the lower laws and makes the impossible possible. Faith allows miracles to take place. The Law of Faith is simple. If you have total faith in...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of DECREE When you initialize the Law of Decree the might of the Universe is aligned behind it. Affirmations and prayers are repeated. Decrees are made only once. Examples of Decrees: By Divine Decree, in...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of BLESSINGS When you bless someone you are invoking the Law of Blessings and directing divine energy towards them. When this is done with genuine intent, a shaft of Divine White Light is transferred into the person you...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of GRATITIUDE Gratitude means giving thanks from your heart. When you do this, energy flows from your heart and activates certain responses from other people, as well as the Universe. When you are totally grateful to a...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of PERSPECTIVE Time is not linear. Your mental state changes your perception of time. If you are unhappy or bored, time slows down. If you are afraid, time seems to stand still. When you feel happy, excited and interested,...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of PURIFICATION Your aura surrounds your physical body as well as your etheric body. If your essence is pure your aura is a huge light surrounding you and protecting you. If you have unresolved issues, they show as dirty...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of FREQUENCY or VIBRATION Fear is a heavy vibration and a low frequency. In contrast, peace, calmness, love and harmony are light vibrations with a high frequency. Anger and rage are low vibration energies. Underlying them is...
SPIRITUAL LAWS - The Law of MIRACLES On Earth we live in a heavy vibration. This heavy vibration is subject to the Law of Karma. The Divine frequency dissolves and transmutes our lower energy, and a miracle occurs. This is the Spiritual Law of...
UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL LAWS All humans incarnate to experience life in a physical body. Earth is the place where we learn our lessons in the form of situations, life events and particular people. It is the way in which we deal with our... This article was posted by PsychicJoanne on hubpages.com
Success can be Costly
Ailene Voisin: Andrews, once homeless, hopes to play for Kings
Zach Andrews knocks on a closed door inside the Learning Express offices at Cordova High School, enters and waves to a counselor speaking on the phone, and with a charmer's grin, plucks a protein bar out of the snack basket.
Back when he was a Lancer – before he graduated from college, spent four seasons overseas and returned home for tryouts with the Lakers' and Kings' NBA Development League teams – he went straight for the hot chocolate. He craved sweets and sought comfort, and sometimes even asked for a bed.
"We only had a mobile (learning) unit at the time, and Zach would be waiting when we drove up," recalled Charlene Hunt, the district liaison for homeless services in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. "He would ask for his hot chocolate and hang around. We'd help him with his homework, help edit his essays. That was how we learned his story. He would say, 'I stayed in this home last night, but I don't know where I'm staying tonight.' We all did what we could."
On the Cordova campus that remains his village, Andrews was nurtured by caring teachers and coaches, by friends and neighboring families who offered a couch, who provided clothing and meals, who asked few questions. They already knew the answers.
"They understood," Andrews says with a smile.
Now 26 and back in his hometown, Andrews is a compelling success story – a product of a foster care system who at times was homeless and who, on more than a few occasions, despaired over his bleak circumstances. His late father was never in the picture. His mother is still around, he said, but was never really there.
He often visits his old high school (class of 2003) to encourage other youngsters confronting similar situations but also to reconnect with the former teachers, counselors and coaches he says "transformed" his life. In his four years at Cordova, he discovered theater arts and developed decent study habits, and as he grew into his gangly 6-foot-9 frame, emerged as one of the area's elite basketball players.
"And at some point, Zach decided basketball was his way out," said Sherry Burch, a social studies teacher and a former Lancers coach. "Then it was up to the rest of us to help him get there."
Hardship was an adventure, he insists
Andrews, who spoke at Loaves & Fishes during last month's protest against Sacramento County's budget cuts that eliminated the seasonal shelter program, carries himself with a surprising lightness, with a springy, bouncy gait. He characterizes every step as an adventure, refusing to dwell on the hardship. Yet as he recounted details of his background while walking around Cordova the other day, he was particularly animated about a few topics.
The abundance and choices of food in his friends' homes, for instance. That overwhelmed him. The security of sometimes sharing the bottom bunk bed with his late classmate, Maurice Belton. That still moves him to tears. The sight of his sister Shavonna coaching the Lancers' girls volleyball team. That makes him burst with pride.
And the school field trip to Arco Arena and his first in-person glimpse of Mitch Richmond?
That's when it began in earnest, his infatuation with basketball, his love of the Kings.
"Then when I got older, it was Vlade Divac, Jason Williams, Bobby Jackson," Andrews said. "All I wanted was to play for the Kings."
The latest interesting twist to this? There are a few, actually.
Andrews last weekend tried out for the L.A. D-fenders, the Lakers' minor league affiliate headed by former Kings coach Eric Musselman. If Musselman offers a job, Andrews will take it. But he still plans to try out for the Kings' affiliate, the Reno Bighorns, next Sunday.
In his gut, he hopes the Kings come through.
He already has had conversations with the team – sort of.
When Andrews returned last spring after playing the past four seasons in Spain, Bosnia, Turkey and Japan, he began calling the Kings' switchboard, hoping somehow to get through to Geoff Petrie. Six, seven, eight times he estimates he dialed the main switchboard number. In a fluke, he was finally transferred to the basketball operations department. He left a long, rambling message, citing his background and making his case for a tryout.
"Then one day my phone rings, and it was Mike Petrie," said Andrews. "I said, 'Who?' I almost dropped the phone. He said the Kings would let me know when they were having public tryouts and that they knew all about me."
He hopes for a chance with the Kings
There's an interesting thing about Power Balance Pavilion – turns out, the old dump is its own little village.
While Andrews was earning all-conference honors at Cordova, Monarchs video coordinator Doug Cornelius was doubling as the Yuba College men's basketball coach. He recruited Andrews to Yuba City and, a year later, contacted former Monarchs assistant Jim Les, who had been named head coach at Bradley University. Les, the new UC Davis coach, was impressed enough by Andrews' exceptional raw athleticism to offer a scholarship.
Over the next two seasons, Andrews, by then a muscular 225 pounds, backed up center Patrick O'Bryant on the Braves' NCAA Sweet 16 team and anchored the team during its NIT appearance. But, according to Les, Andrews' presence was even larger on campus than on the court.
"He was the California kid, riding a skateboard around campus, always with a smile on his face," said Les. "And can you imagine? Being homeless? Not knowing where your next meal is coming? Sometimes we would look around and say to ourselves, 'Who are we to gripe and complain about anything? Look at what this kid has done.' "
Andrews insists he is either the next Dennis Rodman or the next Denzel Washington.
During Andrews' senior year, Les led a procession of Braves into the front row of seats for the drama department's presentation of "Love's Labour's Lost." Andrews had a minor role. Three lines, he thinks.
"My players were going, 'We have to go to a play? And Shakespeare, no less?' " Les related, chuckling. "But when I think about it … Zach is what college sports is supposed to be all about. There wasn't a prouder moment than watching him walk down the aisle at graduation (2007), the crowd cheering wildly, everyone on their feet."
But, Andrews says, Hollywood can wait. So can another season earning approximately $60,000 overseas.
"No one would dive for more loose balls or hustle more than I would," he said. "Once this lockout ends, I really hope I just get an opportunity. Just an opportunity."
As he stood and started walking toward the parking lot, he nodded, forcefully. He wants to offer hope for those who know homelessness, he added, for people like him.
He isn't hiding from anything. He just loves to play.
Published: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1C
Last Modified: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 2:41 pm
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/16/3983282/ailene-voisin-andrews-once-homeless.html
Drive for success can be costly
West has a memoir to be released Wednesday titled “West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life.” In an interview to be aired Tuesday on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” West says he “would go to bed feeling like I didn’t even want to live.”
West says he suffered from anger and feelings of worthlessness that even his biggest triumphs couldn’t erase. He often wondered whether his late father would be proud of him and his achievements. The former Los Angeles Lakers star says he was driven by a fear of failure and would dwell on defeats, particularly the Lakers’ six NBA Finals losses to the Boston Celtics.
West channeled his insecurities and anger into his drive for success. He was fortunate in having great natural ability to go with his ambition. Yet at the height of his success and public acclaim, West says he was an unhappy man who used the anti-depressant Prozac to ease his mental pain.
The 26-year-old Andrews has proven that he can overcome hardships in his quest for success. He seems to have a big psychic investment in making the NBA, which at his age is a long shot. What happens if he doesn’t make it?
And what if he does? When an unhappy childhood fuels a drive for success, happiness can be hard to find, as West discovered. Even when goals are reached, there’s the inner child who never feels he measures up and has to keep upping the ante.
Here’s hoping Andrews has developed a well-rounded sense of himself.
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Zach Andrews knocks on a closed door inside the Learning Express offices at Cordova High School, enters and waves to a counselor speaking on the phone, and with a charmer's grin, plucks a protein bar out of the snack basket.
Back when he was a Lancer – before he graduated from college, spent four seasons overseas and returned home for tryouts with the Lakers' and Kings' NBA Development League teams – he went straight for the hot chocolate. He craved sweets and sought comfort, and sometimes even asked for a bed.
"We only had a mobile (learning) unit at the time, and Zach would be waiting when we drove up," recalled Charlene Hunt, the district liaison for homeless services in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. "He would ask for his hot chocolate and hang around. We'd help him with his homework, help edit his essays. That was how we learned his story. He would say, 'I stayed in this home last night, but I don't know where I'm staying tonight.' We all did what we could."
On the Cordova campus that remains his village, Andrews was nurtured by caring teachers and coaches, by friends and neighboring families who offered a couch, who provided clothing and meals, who asked few questions. They already knew the answers.
"They understood," Andrews says with a smile.
Now 26 and back in his hometown, Andrews is a compelling success story – a product of a foster care system who at times was homeless and who, on more than a few occasions, despaired over his bleak circumstances. His late father was never in the picture. His mother is still around, he said, but was never really there.
He often visits his old high school (class of 2003) to encourage other youngsters confronting similar situations but also to reconnect with the former teachers, counselors and coaches he says "transformed" his life. In his four years at Cordova, he discovered theater arts and developed decent study habits, and as he grew into his gangly 6-foot-9 frame, emerged as one of the area's elite basketball players.
"And at some point, Zach decided basketball was his way out," said Sherry Burch, a social studies teacher and a former Lancers coach. "Then it was up to the rest of us to help him get there."
Hardship was an adventure, he insists
Andrews, who spoke at Loaves & Fishes during last month's protest against Sacramento County's budget cuts that eliminated the seasonal shelter program, carries himself with a surprising lightness, with a springy, bouncy gait. He characterizes every step as an adventure, refusing to dwell on the hardship. Yet as he recounted details of his background while walking around Cordova the other day, he was particularly animated about a few topics.
The abundance and choices of food in his friends' homes, for instance. That overwhelmed him. The security of sometimes sharing the bottom bunk bed with his late classmate, Maurice Belton. That still moves him to tears. The sight of his sister Shavonna coaching the Lancers' girls volleyball team. That makes him burst with pride.
And the school field trip to Arco Arena and his first in-person glimpse of Mitch Richmond?
That's when it began in earnest, his infatuation with basketball, his love of the Kings.
"Then when I got older, it was Vlade Divac, Jason Williams, Bobby Jackson," Andrews said. "All I wanted was to play for the Kings."
The latest interesting twist to this? There are a few, actually.
Andrews last weekend tried out for the L.A. D-fenders, the Lakers' minor league affiliate headed by former Kings coach Eric Musselman. If Musselman offers a job, Andrews will take it. But he still plans to try out for the Kings' affiliate, the Reno Bighorns, next Sunday.
In his gut, he hopes the Kings come through.
He already has had conversations with the team – sort of.
When Andrews returned last spring after playing the past four seasons in Spain, Bosnia, Turkey and Japan, he began calling the Kings' switchboard, hoping somehow to get through to Geoff Petrie. Six, seven, eight times he estimates he dialed the main switchboard number. In a fluke, he was finally transferred to the basketball operations department. He left a long, rambling message, citing his background and making his case for a tryout.
"Then one day my phone rings, and it was Mike Petrie," said Andrews. "I said, 'Who?' I almost dropped the phone. He said the Kings would let me know when they were having public tryouts and that they knew all about me."
He hopes for a chance with the Kings
There's an interesting thing about Power Balance Pavilion – turns out, the old dump is its own little village.
While Andrews was earning all-conference honors at Cordova, Monarchs video coordinator Doug Cornelius was doubling as the Yuba College men's basketball coach. He recruited Andrews to Yuba City and, a year later, contacted former Monarchs assistant Jim Les, who had been named head coach at Bradley University. Les, the new UC Davis coach, was impressed enough by Andrews' exceptional raw athleticism to offer a scholarship.
Over the next two seasons, Andrews, by then a muscular 225 pounds, backed up center Patrick O'Bryant on the Braves' NCAA Sweet 16 team and anchored the team during its NIT appearance. But, according to Les, Andrews' presence was even larger on campus than on the court.
"He was the California kid, riding a skateboard around campus, always with a smile on his face," said Les. "And can you imagine? Being homeless? Not knowing where your next meal is coming? Sometimes we would look around and say to ourselves, 'Who are we to gripe and complain about anything? Look at what this kid has done.' "
Andrews insists he is either the next Dennis Rodman or the next Denzel Washington.
During Andrews' senior year, Les led a procession of Braves into the front row of seats for the drama department's presentation of "Love's Labour's Lost." Andrews had a minor role. Three lines, he thinks.
"My players were going, 'We have to go to a play? And Shakespeare, no less?' " Les related, chuckling. "But when I think about it … Zach is what college sports is supposed to be all about. There wasn't a prouder moment than watching him walk down the aisle at graduation (2007), the crowd cheering wildly, everyone on their feet."
But, Andrews says, Hollywood can wait. So can another season earning approximately $60,000 overseas.
"No one would dive for more loose balls or hustle more than I would," he said. "Once this lockout ends, I really hope I just get an opportunity. Just an opportunity."
As he stood and started walking toward the parking lot, he nodded, forcefully. He wants to offer hope for those who know homelessness, he added, for people like him.
He isn't hiding from anything. He just loves to play.
Published: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1C
Last Modified: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 2:41 pm
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/16/3983282/ailene-voisin-andrews-once-homeless.html
Drive for success can be costly
West has a memoir to be released Wednesday titled “West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life.” In an interview to be aired Tuesday on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” West says he “would go to bed feeling like I didn’t even want to live.”
West says he suffered from anger and feelings of worthlessness that even his biggest triumphs couldn’t erase. He often wondered whether his late father would be proud of him and his achievements. The former Los Angeles Lakers star says he was driven by a fear of failure and would dwell on defeats, particularly the Lakers’ six NBA Finals losses to the Boston Celtics.
West channeled his insecurities and anger into his drive for success. He was fortunate in having great natural ability to go with his ambition. Yet at the height of his success and public acclaim, West says he was an unhappy man who used the anti-depressant Prozac to ease his mental pain.
The 26-year-old Andrews has proven that he can overcome hardships in his quest for success. He seems to have a big psychic investment in making the NBA, which at his age is a long shot. What happens if he doesn’t make it?
And what if he does? When an unhappy childhood fuels a drive for success, happiness can be hard to find, as West discovered. Even when goals are reached, there’s the inner child who never feels he measures up and has to keep upping the ante.
Here’s hoping Andrews has developed a well-rounded sense of himself.
http://gameto100.com/?p=765
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