Searching for the Way: A Road Map to a Better Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781470193423)

Human beings are born to search. From early infancy we begin crawling around searching for new things. When we find them, we pick them up, examine them, analyze them, name them and experiment with them. Sometimes, these experiments can be beneficial as we make "breakthrough" discoveries. There have been a huge number of these "breakthroughs" in electronics, medical science and engineering. Now, as a result, we know more and live longer and healthier lives. Sometimes, experiments go horribly wrong. Many people have experimented with drugs and alcohol in their lives resulting in failed marriages, physical and psychological damage and sometimes death. Yet, there is something inside each of us that is willing to take risks and experiment. The driving force is curiosity. Curiosity drives us to search. In Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus says, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate, and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." I spent a few years walking down the broad road that leads to destruction. When I was seventeen, I began to sneak cans of beer from my mother's stash hidden under her bed. Soon afterwards, I began to smoke marijuana and then began cultivating it in our backyard. From there, I began experimenting with hashish, PCP, cocaine and LSD. From the time I turned eighteen, when I falsified my driver's license, there was always a fifth of Jose Cuervo Gold sitting in my bedroom. I spent countless nights frequenting night clubs while attending college. Ultimately, I began losing it psychologically. I became very paranoid and withdrawn and depressed. I remember walking into my room several times and literally hiding under the covers with a headset on listening to music. There was a period of time that I suffered from insomnia and ended up going on long walks at night while other people slept. On one of those nights, an LAPD officer grabbed me from behind without identifying himself. As I was yanked around by the shoulder, I used the momentum and threw a kick into the officer's chest driving him to the ground. His partner started drawing his gun as the officer I kicked pulled me down to the ground and into a choke hold. That earned me two years of probation. Another night, I heard a dachshund telling me that it wasn't her fault that she looked so ridiculously funny. One evening, I became particularly paranoid. I was certain that FBI officers were ready to break into my home and shoot me. I tossed and turned trying to fall asleep for hours. I was totally freaking out. It suddenly dawned on me. I couldn't continue on like this. I was physically, mentally and psychologically exhausted. I needed help badly. I finally asked Jesus to help me. I told him that I had really messed up my life and needed Him to help me. I asked him into my life and begged for his mercy and forgiveness. Finally, I had found the small gate and voluntarily walked through it and onto the narrow path. My life has never been the same. I have lived an abundant life now for 40 years. My wife and I have been married for over 30 years and we have raised four wonderful children. The purpose of this book is to help you in your search for a better life. Hopefully, you are curious enough to take the risk and spend some time experimenting with the concepts in this book. My ultimate goal is to help you find your way onto the narrow path. So, keep on reading and follow me to the gate that leads to the narrow way!

Author: Richard Sain
ISBN-10: 1470193426
ISBN-13: 9781470193423
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2012
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.29d