Perception

To My Readers Who Are Now Officially My Good Friends:
As a kid I would be bullied because I didn't do well in school, was very fat, and I tried to be like the others (popular kids). So I had only a few friends. Not my best moments, but I'm not ashamed of them because they made me who I am today.
Your experiences make who you are my friends, but you also chose who you are. Every traumatic event any given individual is faced with has the ability to overcome it by learning from it no matter how terrible the situation.
You have the option of sitting and crying or standing and laughing. I learned that the hard way. I also learned that I am a good person at heart, I'm understanding, tolerant, kind, funny, smart, loving, but most importantly, I'm genuine. I'm completely myself and I am no longer ashamed of it. I say this with confidence, friends.
I say this because maybe you need to hear it....
Being yourself, being who you are, is the greatest gift you can give yourself because the world needs a diversity of people to grow and flourish. We are a bunch of good souls. You are a good soul. We sit behind a phone or computer just reading and writing all day because we want to know we are not alone, that there are others in this world that understand us. So I am asking you now to be my friend so that I can be there for you when u need me. This book is twisted and really dark and terrible a lot of the time. I torture my dear characters because I want to show you that no matter the situation, there is always a way out of the dark and into the light.