The Other Side of Me was inspired by the authors recognition of the realities of the ups and downs of life and the pursuit of the heart that so often go unrecognized or ignored. This book is his pursuit of a level of emotional and spiritual integrity through what Is hoped to be an honest self evaluation of what "truly matters". Although my initial inclination was to achieve a sense of order through dividing the book into two sections, 1. Thoughts on Love, and 2. Thoughts on life, I decided against this separation because I realize that life rejects such an orderly division and encompasses both life and love indiscriminately as they show up. Under no circumstances is this writing meant to substitute my own reality for another's reality but rather to inspire and motivate others to seek the truth of their own reality pulling it from behind the camouflage that life uses to cover or disguise the truth and thus preventing us from being truly free.