I was recently online and saw a post from someone and laughed out loud. Over the last ten years that I have been in this field, I had really thought I had seen it all. Alas, I was wrong.
Hypocrisy: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not: behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel-His hypocrisy was finally revealed with the publication of his private letters; especially: the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.
I do not portray something I am not, nor do I hold people to my standards as in the past my standards are not the same as others. However, I do not say things about people that I would not say to their face, nor do I publicly ridicule anyone in any manner. Mostly because I am not perfect, and I do not throw stones at glass houses, like so many others. I have my own skeletons I have personally dealt with without the help of people who like to judge something they know nothing about. But when I lay my head down at night, I do not have disturbing dreams; I do not have nightmares, I sleep just fine. When I wake up the sky is blue, and the birds are chirping. I will not allow someone to say my sky is yellow, and my bird is a vulture, like so many people have tried. I have seen people torn apart, verbally abused, harassed, quit, cry, become depressed, and quit doing what they love, all because of words on a screen. Well, that is not for me anymore.
While true this is a dedication, and I have written over a hundred over the years to various people whom I have met, to family, to friends. While I thought long and hard about what to write here, I finally settled on making this dedication the last one I will ever write for a book. The people I cherish all know who they are, I tell them that without having to put it in the front of a book. I believe in telling people how much they mean to me often, and recently I have realized that some of the people I have told this to are not worthy of such a declaration, at least from me. It was an extremely hard and painful lesson to learn. After years of being hammered by people, I really thought I had finally discovered a group of people who would not let me down. I was so very wrong.
Because of this, I have decided that I will no longer put myself out there for people to abuse. If you would like to get in touch with me, please email. If you would like to chat with me, sorry, I am not going to be doing that for a very long time with anyone other than the choice few who already know that I will be there for them no matter what. Have I met all of these people, no, but it doesn’t matter to them or me. I hope you enjoy this book, and any others I have in the works because I will not stop writing.