Visualization Exercise
Ramon Ponce
Visualization
Exercise
A very interesting
thing that I have experienced would have to be homophobia. Growing up around a
racist, alcoholic, homophobic father always kept things interesting. Never a
dull moment.
You see, as a kid, I didn’t know what any of these things were. That life was the norm for me. Now, as I got older and learned through school, friends and the media, I was NOT living in the norms. I was not in what many would consider a normal upbringing. What this taught me later on in life was a platform or a first hand experience on how not to be nor how I wanted to live my life. So much anger and pain on a constant basis didn’t have to be my story. What I learned was all those behaviors are taught whether directly or by being in that environment.
You see, as a kid, I didn’t know what any of these things were. That life was the norm for me. Now, as I got older and learned through school, friends and the media, I was NOT living in the norms. I was not in what many would consider a normal upbringing. What this taught me later on in life was a platform or a first hand experience on how not to be nor how I wanted to live my life. So much anger and pain on a constant basis didn’t have to be my story. What I learned was all those behaviors are taught whether directly or by being in that environment.
For these
reasons, I moved out at 16 and became an independent person, dropping out of
high school to work full time and support myself. It was in being on my own and
around people who were genuinely good, happy people that I realized I was more
like them. It felt good to be good.
Surrounding
myself with friends who would be considered “different” or “outcasts” even at a
later stage of my life surprised me that adults behaved that way ever.
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