Posted on 03/29/2010 1:33:43 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to an amazing turning point in my life. From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside. Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And thisis something worth celebrating.
For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly and that's the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It's my vice. The music, the lights and the roar of the audience are elements that make me feel capable of anything. This rush of adrenaline is incredibly addictive. I don't ever want to stop feeling these emotions. But it is serenity that brings me to where I'm at right now. An amazing emotional place of comprehension, reflection and enlightenment. At this moment I'm feeling the same freedom I usually feel only on stage, without a doubt, I need to share.
Many people told me: "Ricky it's not important", "it's not worth it", "all the years you've worked and everything you've built will collapse", "many people in the world are not ready to accept your truth, your reality, your nature". Because all this advice came from people who I love dearly, I decided to move on with my life not sharing with the world my entire truth. Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage. Today I take full responsibility for my decisions and my actions.
If someone asked me today, "Ricky, what are you afraid of?" I would answer "the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war...child slavery, terrorism...the cynicism of some people in positions of power, the misinterpretation of faith." But fear of my truth? Not at all! On the contrary, It fills me with strength and courage. This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day. To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids where born with. Enough is enough. This has to change. This was not supposed to happen 5 or 10 years ago, it is supposed to happen now. Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment.
These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.
What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment. The word "happiness" takes on a new meaning for me as of today. It has been a very intense process. Every word that I write in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real contentment. Writing this is a solid step towards my inner peace and vital part of my evolution.
I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.
Just my opinion, but packing fudge and teaching kids proper values are diametrically opposed. I hate to think how this is going to screw up his poor kids. He should have just kept it private. Now that he’s openly celebrating perversion, it’s going to be very rough for his young male babies.
The only way this is a story is if he was blackmailed or pressured into outing himself, like Doogie Howser was.
i’ve liked Ricky Martin ever since his stint on General Hospital (yes—i watched this back when i was a teenager)... i think he’s talented... i was never into the band Menudo... i’ve always felt sorry for him... wasn’t he molested along with other band members?
Why do these idiots think they need to announce to the world what their personal sexual proclivities are? I mean, honestly, who cares?
“I’m a former member of Menudo and a current member of Men U Do.”
Another gay poster idol who was sold to teenaged girls across America.
“I’m a former member of Menudo and a current member of Men U Do.”
LOL!
Well Ricky were you the last to know? Cause we have known for sometime.
OMG, you are kidding? there were women who believed he was straight???
I thought he was a "where are they now". This can only serve to get his career more ink than he has seen in the past 5 years.
Yeah....
Stuned like when K.D. Lang ‘came out’.....
"That photo looks like the cover of a homosexual coloring book."
Hey, when I thought about him at all, I thought, “Now, there’s a straight man.” What did I know? Isn’t he the guy who praised Bush and then turned around and was slamming him? Or, was that Jon Secada?
hahahaha
I wonder if he would identify himself as gay today, if he had not been seduced and f——d in the hot tub many times by his producer, who found the boy-band and made them famous?
“If someone asked me today, “Ricky, what are you afraid of?” I would answer...”
Oh shut the hell up.
Ricky had to do something in the music industry to overcome his association with Bush.
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What a load of Tripe’
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