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    Spiritual Storms
    Spiritual Storms
    Spiritual Storms
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    Spiritual Storms

    By Hallett German

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    Poor dear Mr. Trevor Lake. He never realized the series of dramatic events that would soon follow on responding to a tiny help wanted ad. After being surrounded by fire, he is whisked away in a driver-less flying car to a most unusual headquarters. Successfully completing an unworldly interview, he accepts a trial run in a three-month employment boot camp. But once at the very remote site with his secretive teacher Mike, he undergoes a rigorous and very unique training on life lessons to attain employment and become a spiritual project manager. He senses that this whole experience is being possibly overseen by extraterrestrial beings. Or are they human? He struggles in learning a very different viewpoint on the history of humankind. Will Trevor complete this orientation successfully or fail like so many others have along the way? A tale about project management, spirituality, and living life fully.

    Chapters

    Chapter 0: Introduction
    Chapter 1: Prologue: The Late Mr. Trevor Lake
    Chapter 2: A Dramatic Hiring Process — Invitation to adventure
    Chapter 3: A Dramatic Hiring Process — Testing can kill ya!
    Chapter 4: A Dramatic Hiring Process — My arrival on campus
    Chapter 5: A Dramatic Hiring Process — My “extraterrestrial” interview.
    Chapter 6: An Extraordinary Orientation — Last hours before boot camp
    Chapter 7: An Extraordinary Orientation — Boot camp initiation
    Chapter 8: Boot Camp Early Days: Everything you know is very wrong!
    Chapter 9: Boot Camp Early Days: Three Guidelines
    Chapter 10: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Doubt
    Chapter 11: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: Q&A
    Chapter 12: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Faith
    Chapter 13: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Determination
    Chapter 14: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Clarity
    Chapter 15: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Engulfment
    Chapter 16: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Breakening
    Chapter 17: Boot Camp, the Hardest Lessons: The Great Closure
    Chapter 18: Boot Camp, Winding Down: Test Day
    Chapter 19: Boot Camp, Winding Down: Pilgrimage
    Chapter 20: Boot Camp, Winding Down: The Expectations Game
    Chapter 21: Boot Camp, Winding Down: Afterward
    Chapter 22: Original Introduction
    Chapter 23: A Dramatic Hiring Process — My arrival on campus (Original)
    Chapter 24: References
    About the Author

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHallett German
    Release dateMar 18, 2017
    ISBN9781370447398
    Spiritual Storms
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    Hallett German

    Hallett German is a fiction and technical subject author on various aspects of IT. His works of fiction cross multiple genres including children, young adult, dysfunctional corporate mysteries/fantasies, historical fiction, and steampunk. His books offer a unique and original ride into other worlds and lives.

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      Spiritual Storms - Hallett German

      Spiritual Storms

      Version .02a2 3/14/2017

      Copyright 2017 Hallett German

      Written by Hallett German

      Illustrated by Alessandra German

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Other Works by the Author:

      Series Books:

      Amazi Chronicles:

      Story #1: How I Overcame My Inventor's Block

      Book #1: Automatons for Peace

      Book #2: Translators for Peace (Future)

      Corporate Intent:

      Story #1: Missing Profits?

      Book #1: Missing Employees?

      Book #2: Missing Owner?

      Book #3: Missing Company?

      Book #4: Missing Syndicate?

      Olivia Plymouth, International Traveler and Fashion Consultant:

      Story #1: Joyous Travel with the Wrong Suitcase

      Book #1: Brazilian Quest

      Book #2: Boston Wedding

      Book #3: The Year Fashion Changed

      Book #4: Encounter at Tokaido Road

      Non-Series Books:

      Command and Control

      Combustible Networks

      Ghosts vs. Robots!

      In Small Doses 1 (A Collection of Short Stories)

      In Small Doses 2 (A Collection of Short Stories)

      In Small Doses 3 (A Collection of Short Stories)

      Killing Thoreau

      Missed Landing

      Saving Eddie

      Shrouded Witness

      Spiritual Storms

      Simply Business/IT (Best of Short Stories Collection)

      Transitions

      Transitions 2

      Why I Document (Short Stories)

      Writing & Stuff

      Musings (Non-Fiction Collection)

      More details at http://hallettgermanfiction.ml and https://sites.google.com/site/hallettgermanfiction

      Cover Art Credit:

      Thanks to fine folks at Pixabay for supporting royalty-free images.

      For excellent web sites, graphics, and book covers, please consider using my illustrator:

      http://www.alessandragerman.com

      Chapter 0: Introduction

      This introduction has gone through two major iterations. The first version (in story format) can be found at the end of the book.

      The book is grounded in real-world experience. During the second half of 2016, I managed what was mostly a one-person six-month project. Early on, I reached a reluctant conclusion. This effort would have tight deadlines with little room for error. There was only one thing to do -- to go all in. This meant putting in long hours throughout the whole week and taking very little downtime. It also required putting on hold the creation of any blogs on writing and delaying the release of Shrouded Witness.

      In each phase of the project, I experienced various mental states outlined in Chapters 12-17.

      When the project was finished ahead of schedule in five months, I knew that I wanted to capture my lessons learned in a fictional work. The whole project journey was a kind of personal spiritual pilgrimage with varying moments of light and darkness. The working title of this book was The Dark Night of the Soul: A Spiritual Project Manager's Journal. However, Spiritual Storms better captured the essence of what I wanted to cover herein.

      After completing Chapter 4, I knew something was missing. I wanted this work to have a different feel than what I was portraying. Once again, I went all in -- the otherworldly alien element was introduced. This also allowed greater flexibility on what the lessons could cover. (The original Chapter 4 can be found in Chapter 23.)

      This work is also unique in that it was written on the James River (while taking the Jamestown ferry) as well as on both river banks.

      *Chapters 18 and 22 were written in part on the ferry.

      *Chapters 1-2,12-17, 19-21 were written on one river bank.

      *Chapters 0, 3-11, 22-24 were written on the other river bank.

      As with all of my stories, I worked hard to create a unique, thoughtful, and exciting experience. Perhaps soon you too, will have a life-challenging encounter. If so, here is to your success!

      Chapter 1: Prologue: The Late Mr. Trevor Lake

      A solicitor's life can be rather dry and meaningless on most days. Oh, how I could bore you easily for hours on end with pointless tales. These would be all about the countless days spent poring over unstable piles of folders filled with voluminous legal documents in small print. As well as other activities that I perform regularly with great care.

      But that has nothing to do with what you are now reading which I took great pains to oversee the transition to this public printing. For what you are holding in your hand is an incredible tale. It is a thorough recollection of what appears to be an astounding series of events by the late Mr. Trevor Lake, certified project manager.

      I do know something about this eccentric yet grounded man. For you see, I was his lawyer, friend, and main contact to the outside world during the last thirty-eight and a quarter years of his life. It was my honor and privilege to serve him during that important time.

      Just before I knew him, he had moved here from parts unknown. On arriving, he retired to a far from modest house in the affluent part of the city. Although highly curious, I never asked him why he had such a large home or what he did with the sizable amount of free time that he had. In addition, he was reluctant to talk about his past during my few inquiries about his life. Thus, so many ways, Mr. Lake was a big mysterious unknown to me. Even today, almost no new information about him has come to light.

      There is an area that I can talk with greater confidence about and that is his personality. One of his endearing qualities was that he was generous to a fault. My dear friend spent many an hour inquiring with great interest on what was happening in town. He was especially attentive about hearing more on those with misfortune as their lot. I took care to tell him all of the relevant details because I knew what would follow -- a selfless act of financial generosity.

      After hearing these tales of sorrow and strife, my client would ask me anonymously to perform some deed to improve their lives. Whether it was to pay off someone's mortgage, get a person out of jail, this saintly man helped out anonymously again and again. You could then see him smiling and lighting up after doing this. He would be like a small child being given a new toy. He genuinely got a kick out of helping others. All he would ever say at that time was There is always time to be of service to your fellow creatures and their Creator. Don't deliberate. Just help those in need. And then he would chuckle to himself and say the name Mike as if that was meaningful and as if he was reliving some memory.

      He was also prone to do strange things at times. Until he got too weak, he would do a run up, down, and though the house. It appeared to be very reassuring for him to do so -- as if it was part of some time-honored ritual. On completion, he would sit down in his favorite chair. And afterwards, he would close his eyes completely for what seemed to be an eternity. One day I asked him what he was doing. I'm taking the time to clear out my 'mental trash', those back pages in my minds filled with regrets, shame, anger, fear, and recall of my time in the shadows, he replied.

      For those many years, curiosity about my client was my cruel mistress. She would taunt me about not having taking advantage of my situation to learn more about the person in my charge. But I honorably withstood her harsh looks and mean words tugging at my consciousness.

      Until it was too late. For on one otherwise uneventful cold December day, the precious and dear Mr. Lake passed on. I had business elsewhere during his last week. So, there was no chance to bid him farewell. Afterwards, I heard about some eerie events during that time. Perhaps it was good that I did not witness them. Some people that lived nearby reported hearing loud noises.

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