GRATITUDE IS A LEARNED ATTRIBUTE
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Oftentimes, we have to hit rock bottom before we can appreciate life and the things we have going our way. I was released from “The Hole”…
THIS IS A SHORT LETTER I WROTE TO MY MOTHER
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Mother, on this day, the first thing I want to say is that I love you for bringing me into this world and for giving me life. In my earlier years, yo…
MY DEAR COMRADE
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It’s been twenty-six years in the making, or let’s say the unmaking of a life I once had. The only friend remaining is this pen and paper…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
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Today marks my twenty-fifth birthday in prison. Nothing to brag about. I was 29 years old when I walked through the prison gates. Now, I am 55, and s…
COUNTDOWN TO MY TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY IN PRISON
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May 27, 2023, is just around the corner. Eight days to be exact. That day will mark my twenty fifth year in prison for a non-violent marijuana crime…
HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF
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The world can be a discouraging place to live. Negative people, family matters, the economy, life challenges, health issues, the pandemic, and on and…
“YOU WERE GIVEN THIS LIFE BECAUSE YOU’RE STRONG ENOUGH TO LIVE IT – SMILE, YOUR LIFE IS WORTH LIVING.”
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“EVERY DAY MAY NOT BE GOOD, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERY DAY.” CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE … CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE I…
I WON’T GIVE UP … I WON’T GIVE IN
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The days and years keep mounting. I’m still in prison for a non-violent cannabis crime. Eight thousand nine hundred and three days I’ve w…
– MOVE FORWARD – KEEP ON TRYING UNTIL YOU OBTAIN THE DESIRED RESULT –
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Continue living into your picture of success as if it were already true. Keep on focusing on your end game. Put away those weak, defeated, not able t…
MY SPIRITUAL LIFE REFLECTIONS
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What is Ego? Ego is the rational part of “self” which makes itself its own object of contemplation (and knows it has done so). It finds i…