SynopsisSince he was twelve, Brandon Sulser has survived four brushes with death. One of those life-threatening injuries left him paralyzed from the chest down. Although his life story appears to be unfair, Brandon knows that life is only negative and hard if you allow it to be. And in his experience, we are all paralyzed in our own way, by bad choices, by circumstance, by illness, etc. His paralysis happens to be more obvious than most, but make no mistake; we are all paralyzed. But we don't have to stay that way., Brandon's firstbrush with death came when he was just twelve years old: he crashed his bicycle and suffered a traumatic brain injury that should have killed him. He would go on to miraculously survive three more life-threatening events but would not come away completely unscathed. One incident left the once active and athletic Brandon paralyzed from the chest down. Brandon's life story appears to be unfair, but he has always fought to keep that idea from weighing him down and taking over. He knows from experience that "life is not always beautiful, but our outlooks can be." Through his charitable endeavors since the accident, he has learned that we are all paralyzed in our own way: by bad choices, circumstances, illness, or other misfortunes. His paralysis happens to be more obvious than most, but make no mistake; we are all paralyzed. One look at Brandon and you'll know-We don't have to stay that way. Book jacket.