Meet the Author

I began questioning the world and the beliefs that were taught to me at the age of nine. By the time I was fourteen, I realized that everything I held as true had been handed down to me by my parents, teachers, my community, religious leaders, and television. I was shaped by everyone and everything except myself. My beliefs and values were merely learned information that I followed diligently, like a well-behaved child, without truly questioning them. I was labeled a troublemaker whenever I dared to challenge the status quo. At fourteen, I was even punched out cold by a pastor for asking, “If God knows everything, why didn’t He foresee the consequences of the flood before it happened?” From that experience, I quickly learned not to question religion—unless, of course, I was prepared to face violence. So, I kept most of my thoughts to myself and found solace in my pen. I have been writing ever since. We humans often fail to question much. We accept the recycled information fed to us through tradition and unconscious conditioning, treating it as sacred truth. We search for answers everywhere but seldom take the time to explore our own thoughts. Like drones, we blindly follow and pass the same indoctrinated beliefs to our children without much reflection.

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My intention is to break this cycle and draw attention to the mental box to which we have inadvertently confined ourselves. With this in mind, I embarked on this quest in the only way I knew how—through writing. This book is a culmination of years of reflection and research. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.