When I Face Myself, I

Don't Push Your Weaknesses, Play With Your Strengths

People Think Because I'm Shaped This Way, I'm Scandalous

Love To Me Is Someone Telling Me, 'i Want To Be With You For The Rest Of My Life, And If You Needed Me To I'd Jump Out Of A Plane For You.'

It Was Easy To Blame Other People For Treating Me In Ways I Didn't Like, But Now I Was Seeing That I Was The One At Fault. The Only Way You Can Be Mistreated Is By Allowing Yourself To Be Mistreated, And That Was Something I Did Over And Over Again. Somehow, I Needed To Find That Glimmer Of Self-respect, Buried Deep Inside, That Would Allow Me To Say: I Am Never Going To Let That Happen To Me Again. I Needed To Learn How To Stand Up For Myself In A Different Way, But I Didn't Know How.

I Came From The Bronx And A Certain Background. I Worked Really Hard. I Kept My Focus On The Right Things.