An extraordinary, deeply inspirational photo essay follows elite wheelchair racer and wrestler and Netflix documentary star Zion Clark. This stunning photographic essay showcases Zion Clark’s ferocious athleticism and undaunted spirit. Cowritten by New York Times best-selling journalist James S. Hirsch, this book features striking, visually arresting images and an approachable and engaging text, including pieces of advice that have motivated Zion toward excellence and passages from Zion himself. Explore Zion’s journey from a childhood lost in the foster care system to his hard-fought rise as a high school wrestler to his current rigorous training to prepare as an elite athlete on the world stage. Included are a biography and a note from Zion. This first in a trilogy of books to be written by world-class athlete Zion Clark.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MARRIAGE IN MIND, ETC. Bristol, March 18, Year 10. To Miss Clissold. MY dear unknown, and yet well-known friend?I mean that I know your spirit, though I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance personally; and to be known to each other in the spirit is of all acquaintances the most desirable and most acceptable, to me, and I am sure to yourself. Your letter afforded me pleasure which words cannot describe, and which only spirits influenced as yours is can know. I sink deeper and deeper into nothingness, and am, as it were, overwhelmed with a flood of humiliating thoughts and feelings before the Sacred Presence of my Creator; from the consideration that He has been pleased to call me to be the dispenser of His sacred Word of Truth, which He has assured me by His immutable promise shall be Life to those that receive it . And as I see His Word fulfilling to me, and as He works by me, I view His exceeding greatness, His wonderful and astonishing condescension in choosing so mean an instrument; and when I think of the eternity, the infinity and the perpetuity of His Love, out of which He said?even to me He said it, ?' I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee'; and vhile I find it even as He said, and sure I shall find it for ever and to endless duration, thought is lost here?words fail to express one point of the souFs feelings; nay, words would disturb this Holy, silent, cool, serene vale Nought is brought here but silent wonder, solemn but transporting joy, and that kind of adoration paid to Love Divine, which but Immortals know ?for 'tis their Heaven of essential and substantial bliss 1 ' The Kingdom of heaven is within you' (Luke xvii. 21), and it will be no small addition to my happiness if I may be the means of conve..