Treating Our Common Wound

By Danny Ray Christian

“Wounded humans and feelings of victimization are more common than the common cold.”

The abuse and betrayal of our trust takes many forms, it happens in the form of sexual and emotional abuse, molestation, infidelity, neglect, abandonment, four-hundred years of systemic racism, and other crimes, just to name a few examples of the ravishing of our most sacred possession -- our trust.

There probably is not a person on this earth who has not been wounded in some form. If you have not been wounded, I am sure you know someone who has. Therefore, this book can be helpful to everyone who wants to get past being wounded, and begin the process of healing. If this sounds like something you want to undertake, I encourage you to take out some time for yourself to do for you, what only you can, namely, “Heal thy self.” There are as many families, communities, nations, and races as there are individuals who need healing from the abuse and betrayal of their trust. Thus, this book can be used as a tool for treating individual and collective wounds, as well as erasing generational curses.

Danny has been certified by Toastmasters International as a competent Public Speaker (1991 East Moline). He received his GED from the Chicago City Colleges (1981) and obtained a certificate in Graphic Arts from Southeastern Illinois College (1987). He is a former member of

the Pan-African Revolutionary Socialist Party. He spent twenty years in prison and ten in Elgin Mental Health Center. While in the hospital he wrote over eight-hundred poems, three books of daily meditations, and numerous speeches and Afro-centric anecdotes. He also acted as a mentor for younger consumers while there, leading his own peer-support groups and chairing GROW for four years (2003-07). You can contact him at [e-mail], for an appearance at your venue.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664185821

Danny Ray Christian

Danny has been certified by Toastmasters International as a Competent Public Speaker (1991 East Moline). He received his GED from the Chicago City Colleges (1981) and obtained a certificate in Graphic Arts from Southeastern Illinois College (1987). He is a former member of the Pan-African Revolutionary Socialist Party. He spent twenty years in prison and ten in Elgin Mental Health Center. While in the hospital he wrote over eight-hundred poems, three books of daily meditations, and numerous speeches and Afro-centric anecdotes. He also acted as a mentor for younger consumers while there, leading his own peer-support groups and chairing GROW for four years (2003-07). You can contact him about appearing at your venue at [e-mail]

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Tribute To Sharla Cheri Christian

Prologue: Resolution for Mass Violence, Overdoses, Suicides, Abused and Betrayed Trust

Introduction

The State Of Our Wound

Treatment # 1

Treatment # 2

Treatment # 3

Treatment # 4

Treatment # 5

Epilogue

Appendix

Sinner’s Prayer

Formula for Effective Prayer Life

Author’s Testimony

Wounded humans and feelings of victimization are more common than the common cold.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Sharla Cheri Christian, a great

woman among women, an exceptional mother among mothers

and a fearless fighter among fighters. I give her the highest

accolades for being more than the mother of my son but also

being a friend to me when I deserved her friendship the least.

No other woman will ever take the place in my heart and life

that she has captured with her Super Ability to Transform

a Zero into a Hero. Thank you, Cheri, my forever friend!

Tribute To Sharla Cheri Christian

It is a distinct honor and privilege to give tribute to a woman like Cheri in this my fourteenth book. Our paths crossed on a hot summer day at Labor World Temp Agency thirty-two years ago, August 18, 1988, and they have not separated since. Her mother was a woman of class, and she taught her daughter how to be equally classy. It says a lot about a woman who can maintain exceptional class and character even when life dumps all kinds of garbage on her daily for thirty-two years. But I bear a truthful witness that Cheri has never allowed the hand she was dealt to make her fold before the game was through, nor to play the victim role.

Her love is as genuine as her kindness is overflowing. As long as I have known her, she has always been willing to extend a helping hand and lend a listening ear to anyone in need of a friend and Backup. Thirty-two years ago, she made a conscious decision that she wanted something better out of life than the status quo, and she embarked on a journey to achieve it;