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Welcome to hard reality.
Hello world. The following was written 09/13/2014.
I am sharing where I was at on my own journey to healing the trials, traumas and tribulations of my own life experiences. I found myself looking at and expressing the perspectives I was seeing the world around me from and my own personal experiences.
“I have been on a spiritual journey for almost two years now. None of that seems to matter or mean a damn thing. I am still reacting to the abuses I am seeing being perpetrated around me. My Soul is crying out in agony that no one is trying to stop them.
Most spiritual paths call for turning the other cheek and forgiving. That is all fine and dandy when it isn’t you getting the shit beat out of you. That’s fine if it isn’t you getting raped. It’s okay if it isn’t your baby being molested by Uncle Billy Bob. Your mentality is this, “As long as it isn’t in my back yard I don’t care. It isn’t my business.” Well guess what folks. It is now in your homes. It is now in your schools. It is now in your living rooms. Welcome to hard reality.
Who am I to say these things? What do I know about this shit? I can speak about all of this because I have had all these things happen to me. I have been raped and molested and beaten. I have had a knife held to my dogs throat and warned not to say anything or else. What did I do to deserve all that? Nothing! I was 9 years old. What did I get from the Adults around me? “You asked for it.” “You brought it on yourself.” “You are bad.” “You don’t belong here, you’re…