One Truth: Writing ContestJulio Hernandez Although I got over one of the biggest fears, I still had another main fear: what others thought about me. I knew I was attracted to males from a young age, but because of societys views, I hid it from everyone, and I was afraid of my friends and family finding out about it. As it turns out, they did, but something else happened that I am very thankful for. Being the angry, confused, and depressed teenager that I was, I came to a realization out of anger. Although it came from a bad place, it led to one important decision. I decided that if people could not accept me for who I was, I did not need them in my life, and this included my family. In that moment, my journey truly began, and I stopped caring about what others thought about me. I took a big step at a young age. Getting rid of the two biggest fears most people have at such a young age was a blessing. I feel the universe deals you cards, and it is up to us to play them perfectly. We always have a choice. I could have succumbed to fear. I could have let religion rule my life, and pretended to be happy like I have seen so many people do. I could have let the fear of caring what others would think enslave me to judgment. But I did not. I played my cards right, or at least well enough. I made a choice. On the surface, my choices would seem like the harder ones to do, and in a way they are. But from little struggles, comes great wisdom. The way I see it, these little struggles are the way the universe gently nudged me in the right direction to deal with certain issues that had to be dealt with. Like I mentioned before, I think it is funny how the universe deals exactly what you need. Events happened in my life that led me to deal with my own demons. I realized that all emotions and thoughts originate within myself. I realized how simple it is to change something outside of me, by changing what I thought or how I felt about it. I took responsibility for everything, what would be seen as good or bad, I knew that it was because of me. I stopped blaming others, and I realized how to be ok with everything. I realized that if I am ok with myself, I can be ok with everything else. I stopped judging myself, stopped being hard on myself, stopped harming myself physically and mentally and I began to truly care and love myself. Little by little, everything I did not like outside of me began to change. People I had problems with simply left my life and things that troubled me before, like financial needs, no longer were a problem. At the same time, while my problems were going away, new situations happened that led me to my conscious growth. I realized how we control our own realities. I believe people, at one point in their lives, question their existence. Why am I here? Where do I come from? Where am I going? Who am I? The simple questions I asked myself, led me to ask all these other questions. It led me to question everything I thought I knew, and everything I thought I was. And the more I would seek, the more I would find. The more I would ask, the more I would receive. It became almost like a game. It appeared to be a puzzle, and when I found a new piece, it fit perfectly on the last piece of the whole. I am only 23. My fear of death stopped at 14 and my fear of others judgment began to leave me at 17 and left completely at 20. Many people have said before, including Mr. David Icke, that we have a choice between fear and love. I remembered how to love myself unconditionally at 21, and something amazing happened. I realized how at peace I was, and how good it felt to be in love with myself. In this state, everything going on externally seemed perfect. I could love myself completely, so I could love everyone and everything externally. I realized we are all One; we are all Love. This is our essence and the One Truth, pure Love. And it is this Love that makes up everything. Everything is beautiful and perfect. We just have to remember our own beauty and our own perfection. Peace within us, IS peace outside of us. Change starts within us all. We all have the power to get rid of this massive manipulation from within us. It is the people who live without love, that deserve the most love. My spiritual journey has just begun, and I am thankful for everything that has happened, and excited on what is, and what is to come. Infinite Love is the only Truth, Everything else is Illusion This submission has been entered into a contest to win 2 premium tickets + $500 for travel to see David Icke at Wembley Arena, London October 27, 2012. If you like this article, please share it far and wide, as the winner will be determined by the total number of pageviews acquired before the end of the contest on June 15th. For additional details about submissions, please visit our Contest Page. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 