Me, write a book?!

I should start by explaining how this book got written. Many years ago I got together with colleagues after work to talk about our day. At some point during the conversation somebody would tell a story about the "crazy" thing someone did that really hurt or angered them due to the "off the wall" nature of it. "Oh they didn't mean it" or "Oh they probably weren't thinking" was the common response from the group in an attempt to comfort the person. My reaction was to use humor to soothe and I would throw out some one liner with the attitude of "but of course they did this because everyone always...." followed by a statement of seeming fact. The brashness of it always got a laugh, but then I was challenged to prove it. After a lengthy, albeit impromptu, explanation there was often stunned silence. "That makes sense somehow" became the usual reaction by the group. Soon it became expected that I could come up with some one-liner for EVERY hurtful conflict that came up and I grandiosely continued to take on the challenge. Of course it did not always work, but I was up for the task. Eventually nine of these aphorisms stood the test of time and became multi-layered and applicable to several levels of the conflicts they represented. What started out as a humorous challenge turned into a serious book---with the funny included, of course.
That is how I wrote a book.