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I Try To Be Grateful For The Abundance Of The Blessings That I Have, For The Journey That I'm On And To Relish Each Day As A Gift.

But Being In The Closet Uniquely Assisted Me In Politics. From My First Run For The State Legislature Until My Election As Governor, All Too Often I Was Not Leading But Following My Best Guess At Public Opinion.

As I Climbed The Electoral Ladder - From State Assemblyman To Mayor Of Woodbridge And Finally To Governor Of New Jersey - Political Compromises Came Easy To Me Because I'd Learned How To Keep A Part Of Myself Innocent Of Them.

I Realized That I Had Screwed Up My Life Living Different Parts Of My Life In Different Places. I Wasn't Whole. I Wasn't Integrated. I Wasn't A Complete Person. And After That, Came Out, Spent Some Time At A Psychiatric Hospital.

I Am Resigning Because My Secret Leaves The Governor's Office Vulnerable.