The Painted Shades of My Soul is a culmination of all the adversity, strive, love, inspiration and life lessons that I have encountered on my journey in the past 4 years from 1998 until now, 2002. I've sought to capture the intensity of each emotion as it occurred in the moment of the situation I faced at that particular time. It may not be where I am today but all of it still is a part of who I am. I hope that you will read this book and gain some bit of wisdom from it for I truly believe that life is about learning.