Crossing Farmers Boulevard: A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World by Dr. Ronald J. Peters, Jr. throws light on how events, challenges, and other factors shaped the character of the author and took him on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. The candor and humor with which he has shared his experiences show the side of a loyalist who had an agonizing childhood in Southeast Queens, New York, from where two blocks up was Farmers Boulevard which exposed him to African American culture and life. Dr. Peters had both dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, which contributed to his academic weaknesses. The author speaks about how his parents, though not perfect, brought him up with good survivalist codes and decrees which provided him safety while growing up. He also speaks about surviving polycystic kidney disease and how he shattered the myth of generations of his family dying from this genetically inherited disease.

The memoir is heartrending and the author's words take readers into his world. The detailed narration makes the incidents and scenes clear and vivid; taking readers into his childhood days, his academic weaknesses, being exposed to hip-hop culture, and how finally tagging and drawing took him on a path of self-nurture and taught him to exercise God-given thoughts, devoid of judgment or devaluation. It also made him understand his polarity and showed him the gifts only a dyslexic and one with attention deficit disorder could afford. It’s a beautiful memoir and will challenge readers to handle the problems they face in life and grow to become better individuals.

In some ways we could say that having a goal which involves prosperity for ourselves is riddled with events and/or people that will either break us along the way or make us stronger so that when we get to the other side of that bridge of life, we can look back and see exactly what took place to get us to that point. From his early childhood in Queens to a time and place that has him shedding tears of joy, Dr. Ronald J. Peters, Jr. illustrates in Crossing Farmers Boulevard: A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World everything placed on his path on his own bridge of life before he could get to that particular point of happiness. He also shows us how God worked to get him there.

People encounter both the successful and unsuccessful throughout their own life journey. I myself am guilty of focusing mostly on the result instead of the fact that the result is human and that things happened in that person's life to get him or her there. Reading this biography will show many readers that behind every suit and tie, trophy and diploma, shopping cart and dog, is a story. Dr. Ronald J. Peters, Jr. has conveyed to me the importance of pushing through, no matter what, and to look at all things from two sides instead of one. Unafraid to don hip-hop gear in public, he is perhaps the personification of what he aims to teach readers. Read it. You'll definitely start looking at that boss of yours differently.

In his biography titled Crossing Farmers Boulevard - A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World, Dr. Ronald Peters shares his story of an amazing life journey, the challenges he had to overcome, the ups and downs and the trials and triumphs. He shares his experiences on a journey from childhood all the way to retirement, the people he met along the way, the memories created - some good and some not so much - and the lessons learned. From a childhood in a loving but very strict home, an abusive caretaker, a crime infested neighbourhood, battling learning disabilities in a society that mocked instead of helping, through many more challenges, Dr. Ronald Joseph Peters Jr. endured until he finally found his footing and purpose. Looking back at all those times, he shares the lessons learned from each situation, and how they prepared him for better survival and shaped him into the man he turned out to be. This is the story of a man who achieved so much, even when the odds were not in his favour. It was not an easy journey, but it was worth every single step taken.

Crossing Farmers Boulevard - A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World by Dr. Ronald Peters is the story of a man who overcame more than most and defied the odds to achieve triumph and purpose. The central message of the polarity of life shares an important lesson that whatever the event or situation, there are always two sides to it. This is a brilliant message that I hope to live by and always endeavour to see both sides of situations, even though the message might not immediately manifest. Dr. Ronald Peters' life experiences and the lessons shared will leave you a changed person who sees situations from more than just one angle. The author urges you to pick direction from whatever you are going through so you can be better prepared for tomorrow. His biography is a lesson in ultimately achieving enlightenment and gratification through appreciating the polarity of life.

Crossing Farmers Boulevard: A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World by Dr. Ronald Peters is a well-written and interesting journey through one man's life and experiences to try to help rationalize modern events and culture. It begins with a discussion of the author's family, particularly his father, and the issues that he faced to become the type of man he was. This is underscored by the details around the issues he faced in a country struggling to make sense of itself, whereby a man who sold drugs might receive a seventy-five-year sentence in prison, and have that same sentence overturned after only a few years by a new president. There is a drawn comparison between the lives of a prisoner and a soldier who is reinserted back into the world, and the equity which they face after everything they've undergone.

It continues from here into discussing domestication, the author's life experiences, and everything else with an outward focused viewpoint. The author does a great job in this memoir of using the micro to explain the macro cases of everything he presents, and it makes this a brilliantly drawn memoir with far-reaching consequences. I particularly liked the pictures and quotes scattered throughout the text to add extra layers to the story being presented. Everything about the memoir was professional and succinct, and Crossing Farmers Boulevard: A Journey to Oneness in a Polarizing World by Dr. Ronald Peters is a brilliantly told story of a man's life that helps to explain the polarization that came about in culture and various events/situations that influenced it.