My name is Christopher Guerrero. I was born many moons ago (05/28/74) in San Antonio, Texas. I do however claim Austin, Texas as my home. Once I graduated high school I joined the Air Force and moved to RAF Upper Heyford, United Kingdom where I was stationed with the 20th Supply Squadron. I was a young 18yo and all by myself for the first time in a new country which made me grow up pretty quickly. I decided early on that I would expose myself to as much as I could no matter what. I realized that the more of my surroundings that I engrossed made me more tolerate, more adaptable, and very importantly LESS ignorant. Once I left the Air Force I moved back to San Antonio briefly before moving to Austin, Texas. I attended UT Austin and finished my B.A. in Psych and M.A. in Clinical Psych. before moving to San Diego. I left San Diego, moved to Dallas then back to San Diego AND THEN Los Angeles before ending up here in New Orleans, LA. Now i'm in Charlotte, NC because of Hurricane Katrina. I must tell you, Austin, TX will always remain close to my heart but NOLA will now be the closest. From the city itself, to the many aquaintances that I have made into life long friends. I tend to be quite upfront and it can come across as me being mean or without tact. However even with this viper tongue my friends stay for what I say is not mean it's just accurate. Honesty causes people to have be very self-reflective which is extemely painful but allows you to identify aspects of your life that you can decide to grow from. I am very much one who believes in self-preservation. I have had a few relationship and a couple had really really really bad break-ups. They were devestating and I thought that I would never recover. It caused me to look at my life, at my reaction to the situation and my ability to cope/deal with the whole thing. I became very self-depreciating until one day I was reading a book and there was a line that trigger a movement inside me. The book was talking about being in a relationship and that if I had the ability to recall when I was in a relationship that feeling that when this person was around, I felt like i could fly. Of course, I recalled that exact feeling and then once I had, I read the next line and it stated, "Why don't you feel like that all the time"? It might not have been much but it was the slap in the face I needed to decide I wanted more from people around me and most importatly to want more from myself. I was not willing to just accept the minimal from someone because just like the person I was in a relationship with, I deserved for them to give me just as much of them as I gave. "Do unto others...." Now I live in New Orleans, with the ability to be happy. Yes I may get hurt however I understant that its a necessary test. I don't ever want to become someone who puts up walls because of what someone else did prior. I know I may be hurt again but fear will not goven my ability to take a chance for when I do find someone, the reward will outweigh any hurt I had endured. Ok, so I have said enough..now I leave it to you. No Fear, No Regret, No Shame, No Apology. Your decisions are your own. If you can not deal with the consequence of your decision, do you actually believe you have the ability to make that said decision? Be positive, Be Aware but most of all, just be YOU.
"Your true character is revealed by the clarity of your convictions, the choices you make, and the promises you keep. Hold strongly to your principles and refuse to follow the currents of convenience. What you say and do defines who you are, and who you are, and who you are.......you are forever"
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