Robert Lee Fields 

About the author:

I was the President of Robco Industrial Waste Management, Inc for 20 years. I have 30 years of professional experience in environmental services.  I have successfully completed over 50 environmental courses and workshops. I have 10 years of research before I started  my company at Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Gas Technology. I have written several articles while at IGT.

I have investigated urban sites in 22 states that have been contaminated. The contaminated substances were from oils and PCBs, to chromium and other metals. I was nominated to serve on the panel (ACRP Project 02-02) of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, in Washington, D.C.  I was an advisor to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine 2006.

I was doing fine! One day I went to the dentist to have a routine checkup. It was discovered that I had developed tooth decay. On December 13, 2006, "I had a stroke".

I am the Author of an inspirational book titled: "The Power of I Believe".  I was just one of the speakers invited to the National Aphasia Association’s annual regional Speaking Out conference. I also spoke at the conference held on June 26, 2011 at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Audience:

*People with aphasia & their families
* Aphasia Community Group Leaders
* Rehabilitation professionals; including speech-language pathologists, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and nurses

About the book:

This book is based on my notes in my  journals that I have kept over the last six years. I have always had a strong belief in God.

I wrote this book because many individuals  who have had a stroke do not find the motivation they need during recovery. Many  family members often times do not know what to do to encourage and inspire them through recovery.  I thought about how I was motivated during my recovery, and decided to put  it in a book, as an encouragement for others.

I have a new motto which helps me live with a Aphasia: To walk on the water, you've got to get out of the boat!

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I was thinking about my own experiences and the source(s) of my motivation during my recovery. Here are some quotes that have inspired me:

"Contemplation is the way of the thinker."

"You can't expect what you don't know."

"In a man's heart is the power to be or not to be."

"When I dwell upon my intuition I stand in the presence of God Revealing Light."

"I am conscious of the thinker behind my thinking when I contemplate...will enter into the temple of my thoughts to worship."