HIGHER INSPIRATION

About the Book

It was 5:30 AM My alarm clock sounded as it did on any typical Tuesday. I am not quite sure why, but on that dark, still morning, I felt led to request an unscheduled day off from work at the Pentagon. Following my gut, I took the day off. A few hours later, while preparing breakfast, the phone rang. "Turn on the TV." was all my wife could say. It was 9:36 AM September 11, 2001 and the United States was experiencing a series of events that only can be described as pure chaos. Chaos is no stranger to me. Rather, it perfectly describes my life. By age 33, I had survived injuries that resulted in well over 1,200 stitches – injuries received through playing sports, motocross racing, fighting, and taking drugs. I had survived three heart surgeries and even cancer. However, the chaos I was experiencing on this particular day was different. Not only was it different because I had witnessed the horrible murder of thousands of fellow Americans in the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon, but also because I believed, once again, my life had been curiously spared. The combination of chaotic life experiences, 9/11 events, and my life being spared once again, revealed that I have been a participant in these events for a reason, for some purpose. I experienced a paradigm shift – specifically, a “life-changing” shift in thinking. This shift changed much of what I thought to have been true and revealed the workings of a “perfect orchestration” that is part of all of our lives. I first began this project with the intent of writing a short paper for close friends and relatives regarding not only facts but substantiated beliefs on life, health, disease, and the role our medical community plays in them all. Intrigue generating questions would often cause our conversation to “U-turn” back into my past. As I explained major turning points based on extraordinary experiences, the impact of my answers appeared to solidify.

About the Author

Don left Washington D.C. and his job at the Pentagon shortly after 9/11.  He moved to the suburbs of Dallas, Texas where he now resides with this wife and two children. Through his relentless ambition to grow, change and overcome, Don has survived an extremely chaotic life and has been able to glean purpose through his belief of a divine design existing around all of us.

During a short, three-month period after developing a close and inspiring friendship with Lane Segerstrom of Howbzr.com LLC, Don formed Higher Inspiration Inc. – a company focused on the creation and development of new products, logos and trademarks. He is an inventor, writer, and entrepreneur. His passion to bring about change in many of today’s world views is not only shown through his writings but advanced through several new company creations such as “my own idea Inc.” and “EMG6 LLC.” – two companies dedicated to bring about a mentality of change in the way we view life and its endless possibilities.