{"id":1156,"date":"2010-07-11T22:43:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T06:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-07-11T22:43:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T06:43:01","slug":"book-review-i-am-potential-eight-lessons-on-living-loving-and-reaching-your-dreams-by-patrick-henry-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: &#8220;I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams&#8221; by Patrick Henry Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I Am Potential&#8221; is an autobiography of an able but disadvantaged man who grew up with no eyes and a severe limb growth problems with his arm and legs. The amazing thing is that he managed to learn playing piano, trumpet and participated in school marching band. His father played a huge role in enabling him to accomplish so much. Of course, the mother overcame the adversity and the &#8220;card&#8221; she was dealt with and proceeded to have two more healthy children after Patrick Henry. My compliment to the couple; they have made great sacrifices. Patrick Henry gave the couple the meaning to what life is all about.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to imagine if I were to live in his shoes. Would I have the strong will and vitality to live as a normal life as I could? What is it like to live a life not knowing what &#8220;colors&#8221; mean? Would I be bothered\/frustrated by the constant pain and fragility? Just imagine how I should have accomplished if Patrick Henry can accomplish so much in his position. It makes me question whether I&#8217;m achieving to the best of my potential.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who&#8217;s depressed and feels sorry for his\/her life should read this book. Everything will seem easy for a person without the same disadvantages that Patrick Henry has. This is a heart warming and encouraging story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=learbyblog-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;asins=B00381B7E6\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I Am Potential&#8221; is an autobiography of an able but disadvantaged man who grew up with no eyes and a severe limb growth problems with his arm and legs. The amazing thing is that he managed to learn playing piano, trumpet and participated in school marching band. His father played a huge role in enabling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/?p=1156\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Review: &#8220;I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams&#8221; by Patrick Henry Hughes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnbyblogging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}