Sydney Sheldon (1917-2007) was a writer and a producer who won numerous awards with his award wining novels and movies. His blockbuster novels include The other side of midnight, Rage of angels, The naked face, if tomorrow comes , Master of the game to mention but a few.
One thing captivating about Sheldon's movies is that it keeps you glued to your seat when you have fully exhausted every page and chapter of a novel of his you are reading.
He made a mention of this in his 1982 interview "I try to write my books so that the reader cant put them down. I try to construct them so them so that when the reader gets to the end of it ,he or she has to read just one more chapter . It's a technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy on the edge of the cliff till the end of the chapter".
Sydney Sheldon was a celebrity who lived to a ripe age of 89 plus (12days short of his ninetieth birthday) but a certain illness that stayed on till the end of his life would have killed the dream of this literary icon.
The illness bipolar disorder a mental illness or disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression, which tortures its victims to the point of contemplating suicide. Sheldon at the end of seventeen almost contemplated suicide but thank God he didn't for he was talked out of it by his father who discovered him. Sheldon faced his challenges and later became a literary figure of international repute.
What I am saying is that no matter the family, societal or physical challenge one faces, one can still achieve the apex of his or her dream if one truly desires it. It might take time yes but with commitment and focus, you will see a bright but blissful horizon in the end.
The world bows to anyone who refuses to bow to the challenges it presents and celebrates anyone who had previously celebrated his or herself even before the world started doing so.
Always see yourself capable of achieving the apex of your dream. Focus and desire it for one day your name will be boldly written on the sands of time with such splendor when the crown of success and achievement settles with ease on your head.
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