The Unexpected Guest
How a Homeless Man from the Streets of L.A. Redefined Our Home
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Michael Konik
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For years, "Fisher King Mike" wandered the streets of LA, preaching to his people. On occasion, he'd share an open mic night with Michael Konik, who befriended the homeless man at a distance and offered a confused but sympathetic ear when the Fisher King lamented having to be so far away from his wife, Selena Gomez, and their several children. As the pair began to cautiously trust one another, confusion and distance gave way to friendship, and what came next astounded them both.
In this poignant memoir from best-selling author Michael Konik, “family” and “home” take on profound new meaning through one person's care for a stranger. Konik offered extra food when his unlikely new friend came by, a pair of pants when it was clear he needed them, and wondered how much he, as a person, owed the troubled Fisher King.
When Konik and his wife offered Mike a place in their home, handy as he turned out to be with household projects, they were delighted with his transformation from Fisher King to Caretaker. Gone was the man who gave sermons about his estate next door to Kanye West, and the man drifting through life, wondering at his purpose and what was missing. What each never saw coming was their own transformation and the lessons they'd learn in what it meant to not only be good people, but be human.
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- wayne wahl
- 08-16-23
Mildly entertaining far from original
Author makes the astonishing discovery that helping others is a key to true happiness. Unfortunately this same principle is the foundation of many faith based organizations and 12 step groups around the world. He also adopts the citiot belief that sugar and tobacco are toxic while smoking pot which has more carcinogens than tobacco and much more toxic to the liver. Keep trying to reinvent the wheel
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