Claude Thornton

Ambition in the Eyes of a Child Claude Thornton

The book's strength lies in Claude Thornton's unique ability to get outside of the margins as he faced changes in his life and go swimming in shark infested waters, even though he could not swim, he learned to! The insecure situations he found himself in necessitated an investment in change. The best way for Claude to do that was to invest in life itself. When you are changing all the time as Claude was, during his trials and tribulations, it is necessary to continue to keep adjusting to change. This means that you are going to be constantly facing new conflicts in your life; if there is any joy in living it is in accepting ones trials and tribulations. Once you are involved in the process of becoming, as was the Author in this book, there is no stopping or turning back. You are in for an extended journey, but what a fantastic journey life had in store. Claudes' story is a story of self empowerment, a story of succeeding against the odds, it is a story for todays youth. The message Claude transmit through this book is that his trials and tribulations are the reasons God placed his hands on his life, which gave him the inner strength and motivation necessary to allow God to accomplish his purpose for him in life. He succeeded because he accepted the tribulations in his life and God's counsel as a gift. Claude is saying it is because he embraced his experiences that God's hand stayed on his life, and he was endlessly covered by God's Grace, as he continued to live by faith.