{"id":227585,"date":"2026-03-30T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:03:06","slug":"laura-w-bush-institute-to-host-john-oleary-live-inspired-talk-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227585\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura W. Bush Institute to host John O\u2019Leary \u201cLive Inspired\u201d talk March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABILENE, Texas \u2014 A best-selling author whose life was nearly cut short by a childhood accident will be in Abilene on March 31 to share his story of survival and hope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/local\/abilenes-laura-w-bush-institute-hosts-broadway-evening-with-dinner-and-performances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Abilene&#8217;s Laura W. Bush Institute hosts Broadway evening with dinner and performances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women\u2019s Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will present \u201cJohn O\u2019Leary \u2013\u2013 Live Inspired\u201d March 31 (Tuesday) at the Abilene Country Club, 4039 South Treadway Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Leary will speak about surviving traumatic burns that covered 100% of his body after an accidental explosion when he was 9 years old while playing with fire and gasoline. He was given less than a 1% chance to live, but survived. Organizers said O\u2019Leary has dedicated his life to inspiring others on accepting imperfections and celebrating the life they were given.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Leary is a two-time No. 1 national best-selling author of \u201cOn Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life\u201d and \u201cIn Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy.\u201d His story also was adapted for the big screen in \u201cSoul on Fire,\u201d featuring actors William H. Macy, John Corbett and Joel Courtney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABILENE, Texas \u2014 A best-selling author whose life was nearly cut short by a childhood accident will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-227585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}