Book excerpt: Reaching Cloud Nine is a real-life chronicle of how a man's soul is linked to a spiritual force that defines our destiny as well as the impact people who enter a person's life have. This a journal-based account of a young man's struggle to share his life with his community, help those in need and then lose it all in the process. The struggle to recapture his body, spirit and soul is heartwarming and motivational, giving the reader insight to the spiritual connection we all have with the universe.