How I See It: Reflections on spirituality, technology, and the art of everyday life

By Jennie Aho Staff Writer Daily Sundial, Monday, August 23, 1982 OK, it’s not by me — but it is about me. Odell Hathaway has written his first novel. The CSUN sophomore from Sherman Oaks is also a self-taught computer programmer and soon hopes to earn his private pilot’s license. These are accomplishments of which any young man, just short of his 21st birthday, could be proud. But Hathaway is not just anyone. When he first attempted to enroll at CSUN, his application was denied because his SAT scores were too low. With an IQ in the 130 range, Hathaway is certainly smart enough to pass the test, but he couldn’t read the questions well enough or write his answers clearly enough to get a passing score. Hathaway has dyslexia and dysgraphia. Both are learning disabilities. Dyslexia is a disturbance in the ability to read, and dysgraphia is a disorder in the ability to write. Another disability, dyscalculia, concerns difficulty with math. “For years in grade school I was kn...

The Man Without A Heart "A man without a heart"—that is what they called me. If only they knew. But how could they know? To them, I am the monster that destroyed their Lord, the hideous heathen who tossed their God into the flames of hell. Seldom, when they think of me, do they remember that he came out of them—which is fine. When I did it, I did not know that he would be resurrected. Some pardon me for saying that, at some deep spiritual level, I was asked to take on this task—to collect the burdens of mankind to be tossed into that flame as well. But now that I have died, I can see my whole soul, and never till I met Christ did I have any idea what was before me. That moment was one of the most glorious of all time. As soon as I saw him, I was in love—a love only shared by two beings as close as we were in spirit. The other eleven did not know of it. They could not feel the closeness. They were at a lower level than Christ and I. I knew I loved Christ more than any ...