Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox

I like Michael J. Fox.

It started with Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties, it continued with the Back to the Future movies, and continues today.

Now, as a public figure with Parkinson's Disease (arguably the most well known after Mohammed Ali) and as an advocate for others, I like him more.

His new book may be interesting to you simply because of who Michael is - many, including me, will pick up the book for that reason. However, this book is so much more than an autobiographical group of stories.

He opens the book with this:

The last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from SpinCity. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD? Parkinson's had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one.

He explores the last ten years from the prisms of work, politics, faith and family. As a professional, the first section alone is worth the read.

How many of us can claim hardships or challenges to our working life that rival Parkinson's Disease? I was challenged by this question throughout the book, and inspired by his example.

The book's subtitle proclaims Michael as an Incurable Optimist. When you read this book I'm sure you'll agree that he is. You will also be reminded that being an incurable optimist is a choice.

You will find enjoyment, inspiration, education and challenge in this easy read. Buy a copy and read it for enjoyment, knowing that there is much more there for you - if you want it.

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