Gilbert Luna Sierra

Thoughts to Heal Your Soul

Poems and stories of Living with Parkinson's Disease, Human Condition, Tragedies, and Resilience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

I began writing poems in 2021 to express my feelings, experiences, and emotions because I lost my musical expression outlet to Parkinson's Disease. When I realized I had compiled many poems, I decided to explore songs and poems I had written since 1985, and I noticed a recurring theme. I have always written about other people's sufferings, attempting to be a voice for them. Thoughts to Heal Your Soul approaches human suffering and tragedies not by simply telling the stories of events but by capturing their emotions. The reader will feel the people's struggles, pain, sorrow, tears, joy, and resilience. The true stories lie in the feelings experienced while living and fighting through difficult times. Finally, this book accentuates the courage of these individuals to allow all of us to see the courageous person within us and be inspired to fight onward when things seem hopeless. The true inspiration for this book, and the series to follow, came to me as I read The Greener Side of the Tracks, a song I wrote in 1985. When I wrote that song, my heart hurt for the thirteen migrants that died in the Arizona desert. I prayed for them and vowed that I would speak for them. Therein lies the reason for this book: so that I might speak for those without a voice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Many Seasons Press
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 161g
• ISBN-13: 9781956203035
• ISBN-10: 1956203036
• Artikelnr.: 63765679

Autorenporträt

Gilbert Luna Sierra is a happily married man to his high school sweetheart for forty-six years. He knows he is a happily married man because his wife tells him so every day. He grew up in the small mining town of Miami, Arizona, with small-town values and big hopes and dreams.The author had a successful forty-five-year career as a Tile Contractor and is now embarking on a second career as an author. He is a musician, songwriter, recording artist, sound/recording engineer, and music recording producer. He played the guitar for fifty-seven years and has written songs for thirty-five years.The focus of his endeavors changed in 2020 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. The severe tremors in his left hand prevent him from playing the guitar. This harsh new reality encouraged him to write poetry to satisfy his need to create-this first book -and the many more to come. This new gift has provided much-needed release from the fears and anxieties brought on by Parkinson's Disease.The author obtained a master's degree in Leadership, which began his experience of researching and writing. While in the doctoral program, the author became interested in phenomenological research, which served him well because, as it turns out, as an author, he is telling stories rather than researching and coming to scientific conclusions.His name, Gilbert Luna Sierra, honors his mother's family and father's family. It celebrates the Mexican culture he grew up with, emphasizing family unity, including the extended family. He learned from the struggles and sacrifices of his parent's generation, and the lessons learned are helping him cope with Parkinson's Disease. An illustration of this is when a friend asked him, "How are you doing? I don't mean for you just to tell me, 'Fine,' I want to know how you really are with Parkinson's getting worse." The author's response was, "Parkinson's is progressing. The tremors are more severe. Stability and balance are a problem, and it is just a matter of time before I fall. But I refuse to let Parkinson's symptoms dictate how I feel." The author refuses to allow Parkinson's Disease to stop him from contributing value to society.