Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life

Product DescriptionChristopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In these candid reflections, Reeve shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He teaches us that for ablebodied people, paralysis is a choicea choice to live with selfdoubt and a fear of taking risksand that it is not an acceptable one. Reeve knows from experience that the work of conquering inner space is hard and that it requires some sufferingafter all, nothing worth having is easy to attain. He asks challenging questions about why it seems so difficultif not impossiblefor us to work together as a society. Nothing Is Impossible reminds us that life is not to be taken for granted but to be lived fully with zeal, curiosity, and gratitude.ReviewGRACEFUL, PERSUASIVE . . . A reflective mixture of policy advocacy, personal philosophy and candid selfobservation.The Philadelphia Inquirer[A] SUPER SHOT OF INSPIRATION . . . REEVES CANDOR AND UNSELFISH NATURE ARE APPARENT IN EVERY PAGE.The OklahomanMOVING . . . A GENTLE AND IMPRESSIVE MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP.Deseret NewsThis book may awaken in the reader a desire to find within oneself, ones family and friends, and ones higher power the hope and wherewithal to live life as though nothing is impossible. Quest magazineReeves style is simple and genuine, you can feel his longing as you turn each page. . . . Nothing Is Impossible reminds us that life is not to be taken for grantedit should be embraced with passion, kindness and gratitude. . . . This is a potent message we have heard many times, but its the messenger who gives these words brimming resonance.Coral Gables Gazette (FL)Nothing Is Impossible is written completely without either corrosive selfpity or false vanity. In many ways, it is a completely ordinary bookand that may be its greatest strength.Bookreporter.comLovely . . . [Reeves] book, a manifesto for living life to the fullest, should be on everyones bedside table.Millbrook Round Table (NY)From the Inside FlapSo many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. If we can conquer outer space, we can conquer inner space, too.Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In Nothing Is Impossible, the author of the bestselling autobiography Still Me shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He interweaves anecdotes from his own life with excerpts from speeches and interviews he?s given and with evocative photos taken by his son Matthew.Reeve teaches us that for ablebodied people, paralysis is a choice?a choice to live with selfdoubt and a fear of taking risks?and that it is not an acceptable one. Reeve knows from experience that the work of conquering inner space is hard and that it requires some suffering?after all, nothing worth having is easy to get. He asks challenging questions about why it seems so difficult?if not impossible?for us to work together as a society. He steers the reader gently, offering his reflections and guidance but not the pat answers that often characterize inspirational works.Published on the eve of both his fiftieth birthday and the seventh anniversary of his spinal cord injury, Christopher Reeve?s Nothing Is Impossiblereminds us that life is not to be taken for granted but to be lived fully with zeal, curiosity, and gratitude. That is a powerful message in itself, but it is the messenger who gives it its full resonance.From the Hardcover edition.From the Back CoverChristopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In these candid reflections, Reeve shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He teaches us that for ablebodied people, paralysis is a choicea choice to live with