Join our Volunteer, Air Force Veteran, Peer Support Specialist, and Writer/Author Steven Bates TONIGHT for "Mid-Week Musings!" edition of Warriors for Life (WFL) Online, sponsored and presented by Victory for Veterans, Inc. (VFV).
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TONIGHT's Topic: "Staying COOL with the Fonz!"
"78 years ago, Henry Franklin Winkler was born to Jewish immigrants Ilsa and Harry Winkler in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Though dyslexic from birth, Henry was clueless about his condition until he was acting as the Fonz in the TV series Happy Days and his son was diagnosed with the disability. Life was hard for the Fonz but in his life, we can learn so much about how to live ours as veterans and people struggling with our own disabilities. Not knowing about his dyslexia, Henry barely made it through high school, only getting his diploma after taking geometry for the fourth time in a summer school program. The Fonz, as we know him, never gave up though, and applied to 23 colleges, only being accepted by 2 of them. He persevered and eventually the man who would later be knighted by Queen Elizabeth and given an Honorary Doctorate degree, kept pushing on and struggled through an uphill battle in college, ending up with a Master of Fine Arts at none other than the Yale Academy of Drama! How cool is that? Later on, Henry Winkler epitomized coolness for all humanity as the leather-wearing, motorcycle-riding, down to Earth Master of Cool known as Arthur Fonzarelli, or, "The Fonz". Fonz taught coolness in a very humorous way and we as veterans can learn much from his character in helping to keep ourselves cool in times of stress."
Join Air Force veteran, author, and Peer Support Specialist Steven Bates with the Warriors for Life Mid-Week Musings as we discuss staying cool and how Henry Winkler teaches us that art we need as veterans in managing our PTSD.
Warriors for Life (WFL) Online, presented by Victory for Veterans, Inc. (VFV) — Wednesday (TONIGHT), October 30, 2024, @ 4:30 PM PT, 5:30 PM MT, 6:30 PM CT, & 7:30 PM ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87440882846
Thank you,
Steven Bates
Air Force Veteran, Writer/Author, Peer Support Specialist, &
Volunteer Facilitator, Victory for Veterans, Inc.
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