5/6/08

“Fess Up”

Hope you all have a good read 🙂

Introduction.

 

Shall we start with the introduction, or rather the whole meaning of this book? Although in a writer’s sense, it may well be MY adaptation of life in a male’s body and mind, it is uncannily accurate to the masses. We are in ourselves the masters and mistresses of our own destinies, ultimately responsible for the decisions we make in our lives. This said the one thing that takes the biggest toll in all relationships both sexual and emotional is; all males and all females lack of understanding. Let’s forget about all the things in a relationship that refer to that heading and relate it back to the simple knowledge of ourselves. As a male of the species, pride and pompous attitude plays a huge part, something I now know is detrimental to growth.

 

There are a great many men born on this planet that do not fit the bill of “The Male Chauvinist”, and there are many more women that certainly do not fit the label of “Bitch”.However, these are terms used far too often in this age. In saying this though, many of us DO uphold the image of rebellion and hate. I will not be speaking for “women” in this book, I hold no PhD in any area, so as a consequence I feel that I have no right to quote words from any text book. What I will do is give you an image (sometimes not pretty) of an ordinary man going through some remarkable experiences in life, and many knock-downs breeding abstinent attitudes to others. Hopefully these experiences will be recognized by the people I want to target. If you read this, and relate even to yourself in silence, then I know I have done something right.

 

The words you read may seem like a formation of a plan, and you may well think that I am writing a story, perhaps even fictional, however, all these words are true and they are from the heart. Many of these words will hurt this lion’s heart, and the reason is that self exposure does that to any person; however it also is a journey that NEEDS to happen. It is my peers and my family that will read this, the people I have come to love and call friends that will see me for the person I am, not the one that they have come to admire through words on a computer screen or masks worn in the flesh. No matter what I write, it will be the truth and from the heart, and this is a pilgrimage that will give not only myself, but the ones I love, the assurance that I am heading on the path to understanding myself, and the impact on the life I have on them.

 

In every path we follow in life, most are guided choices are guided by our own conscience. However once in a lifetime we are given a second and final chance to “change’ the person we are. Not so as to impress a woman or man, but simply because that woman or man knows that “we” ourselves know we need to change. There is an old analogy that goes, “you never miss your water till it’s gone”. A truer word was never written, however strangely it does NOT apply to all.

 

The adult forms that we eventually take on are directly influenced by the past years that we lead. Our parents, peers, family and friends, all contribute to how we end up in a social sense. The man I eventually became has a great deal to do with my up-bringing, in particular, my mothers influences (not always pure). I could be forgiven at one stage for not seeing the fact that losing the ones in my life dear to me was due to my past, however continuing on that path, and retaining that excuse was the one thing that caused me in the end to lose all that followed. What I have now in my life has changed everything that has come before me, and all that will follow.

 

This is a collection of short stories, all with a meaning and a moral, and all with a link to the next. This is one mans life story, and it is MY time to “Fess Up”. I blame none, I embrace all, but I will never forget……..

I love You Guys!

Luke xoxoxo