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  • Stand Up or Sit Out

  • Memories and Musings of a Blind Wrestler, Runner and All-Around Regular Guy
  • By: Anthony R. Candela
  • Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

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Stand Up or Sit Out

By: Anthony R. Candela
Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
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Summary

In this memoir, Anthony Candela, a self-described "all-around regular guy," traverses a lifetime of challenges. Some of these are accidents of birth, like his poor eyesight and slow trek to blindness, and some are of his own making, like choosing to compete as a scholar-athlete. Infused with lots of New Yorkana, a touch of California, and a few related historical references, this memoir conveys that in any environment, life does not always follow a prescribed course. Moreover, as humans, all of us are imperfect. This includes people with disabilities who are often thought of as transcendent beings, but who should also be regarded as "all-around regular guys." Just like the rest of the human race, they often strive imperfectly to get through life.

In his descriptions, the author hopes that listeners will understand a little more about the nuts and bolts of running and wrestling, not to mention skiing and scuba diving. The ups and downs of coping with life and progressive loss of eyesight and, by extraction, disability in general will be clearer. Listeners will come away with a fuller appreciation of the ways people deal with challenges. In the end, we all have a choice whether to stand up or sit out.

The story related in this audio will occasionally give you cause to chuckle or even shed tears of sadness or joy. Above all else, it will enlighten you about why things happen the way they do. Ultimately, this memoir increases our understanding of what it means to be truly human. Perhaps after listening to it, we will be kinder and gentler to each other. Most important, perhaps we will take it a little easier on ourselves.

©2020 Anthony R. Candela (P)2024 Anthony R. Candela
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