We both recently finished reading Ricky Martins' new book ME. Now just so you know, we are not embarrassed to say that we have been Ricky fans since we were young. He's just so cute! We used to make up our own dances to his Menudo songs, we watched him on General Hospital, and we found him very sexy in the La Vida Loca days. He has always seemed like a very genuine type of person and his book only serves to re-enforce that. Some of you might be surprised to see Ricky in our category on spiritual people. We are pleasantly surprised to see place him here.
This book definitely reveals a beautiful spiritual journey. One of the obvious issues Ricky deals with is his homosexuality. It seems he tortured himself for a long time on this, while many of his fans were not too surprised when he finally came out with the news. He really lets us inside his mind and eventually his heart and takes us on this journey of self-acceptance with him. The beauty is the message of love that comes through. He had to wait until the moment was right and he was in touch with the deepest parts of himself before he could reveal his truth to his public. His story reveals a great depth and capacity for true love, and isn't that what life is really all about? "I'm a romantic!" he says. "And I do believe in perfect love. I believe love never hurts. I believe love is trust, peace, calm, confidence; being playful and mischievous. In other words, for me love is freedom . . ." Shouldn't we all be so clearly able to define what it is that we believe and seek from love in our lives. To us his point is being true to yourself and seeking and believing in true love, who cares if it is with a man or a woman. We hope this book will contribute to overcoming prejudice and will help to lead the world toward living with an open heart, accepting people for who they are and encouraging each person to look within themselves and embark on their own spiritual journey.
Our main motivation, however, in writing about this book is to help bring attention to the cause that Ricky Martin has become dedicated to. It is so clear that he has found his true purpose on this path.
From the website:
http://rickymartinfoundation.org/
PEOPLE FOR CHILDREN: Our principal project launched in 2004 was created to educate, denounce and abolish human trafficking and modern day slavery, with special emphasis on children. As advocates of human rights, we aim to serve as a catalyst for awareness, raising efforts on the grave issues regarding child exploitation.
Did you know that every year more than 1 million children become victims of human trafficking? Mostly girls and many younger than you would even imagine. There are many horrifying statistics, but it is so nice to see caring celebrities who will use their notoriety to bring attention to a worthy cause and help to make the world a better place. We are joining Ricky's cause and we hope you will do the same. We all know that it can sometimes seem overwhelming to hear about how bad things are in certain parts of the world, we usually feel helpless to make a change. But the small things really do contribute to a larger whole. Not only can we all join the cause and donate or purchase merchandise, we can help to raise awareness and the more that we become aware, the more we put our energy toward bringing about change.
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