I am coming to a stopping point. I think I will leave it as is, imperfect with all its errors, just like life itself. I have decided to call it “Introduction to Life, a Self Portrait”, because this is how life introduced itself to me as I was reaching maturity, and while I was still in love and still in awe with the world. It was a constant battle trying to prove my worth and my right to be. It followed me all my life, through school, through the workplace. I was physically beaten, looked down on, and discriminated against. I had no way to escape who I was. Who was I? I was little Ronnie, who had a heart full of love and wanted to be loved in return. I lived my entire life in emotional pain. I could sometimes see the hatred in their eyes. Others hid it well, but their actions would later reveal the truth. I was brainwashed with their negative thoughts to where I lost sight of my self worth and became depressed and suicidal. I never wanted to live in a world like this. It is too hard, but I eventually learned to fight back. I have managed to survive for over seventy years now. I hope I will be given credit for that, because I know I did the best I could while being created as a dyslexic homosexual pretty boy in this intolerant world.
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