I Engaged In An Adult Consensual Affair

But Being In The Closet Uniquely Assisted Me In Politics. From My First Run For The State Legislature Until My Election As Governor, All Too Often I Was Not Leading But Following My Best Guess At Public Opinion.

I Realized That I Had Screwed Up My Life Living Different Parts Of My Life In Different Places. I Wasn't Whole. I Wasn't Integrated. I Wasn't A Complete Person. And After That, Came Out, Spent Some Time At A Psychiatric Hospital.

We Need To Have A Purpose In This Life. I'm Pleading With You, I'm Begging With You To Do The Right Thing. And Do It Not For The Sake Of How It Will Impact Your Own Lives, But Only For The Sake Of Doing The Right Thing.

I've Never Been Much For Self-revelation. In Two Decades Of Public Life, I Always Approached The Limelight With Extreme Caution. Not That I Kept My Personal Life Off-limits; Rather, The Personal Life I Put On Display Was A Blend Of Fact And Fiction.

I'm Grateful For My Brokenness. I'm Grateful For My Humility.