It is true, the small moments like the ones in the grocery store, make up your life. It is a good reminder to notice and appreciate everything about the present moment.
I'll bet if you look hard, you can find beautiful moments to appreciate where you're at. It's much harder, I'm sure, but worth a try?
I'm glad to read that you are so positive and on the right track! All the activities you mention will continue you on this good path. I would be interested to read more about your experience with the self-help correspondence courses. It would be cool to hear what's out there and if there is anything that strikes my interest.
Sorry to read about the passing of your stepfather. It must be especially hard to receive this news behind bars and not be able to participate in the normal rituals to grieve his passing.
My mom had a stroke, a small one, but it took her a long time to get back to normal, so I know how it goes. Hope you continue to do well. The panic attacks are understandable, especially in your situation. Have you ever tried any breathing techniques or meditation for relaxation? That might help.
Hey uncle this Miri I had to make another one because I didn't know if you had got the first post but I had set up a account to talk to u on here ... Love you
Amen my brother. Thank God for his blessing and protection! This letter has motivated me to begin worshiping the Lord and having faith that he will never leave my side and will lead the way for me.
Hi James, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I love seeing posts like yours that remind me there's always hope, we can always do better & most importantly, how ever far we travel down a wrong road, it's always possible to turn around. Thank you for the inspiration. I will keep it close to my heart today <3
Hello Robert! So, here is part 2 of my letter, haha.
It's really nice of you to spend your time with the dying guys.. :( Are they sick? Or just really old? Or both..? I'd like to draw them something and mail it to you, but like I said, I can't. :( Frustrating! Of course I'm comfortable with talking to you. It's really interesting to get to know a lot of different people and learn their stories!
How did I find your blog... Haha, silly story, actually. I watched the series Prison Break and because the American Prison System seemed so alien to me I read a little about it... Somehow I found prisoner blogs and also this site. I read a lot of posts from different people and it made me really sad, to be honest. So I wanted to cheer you guys up! Because I think even when people have done terrible things, they often have really nice sides to them and I want to get to know those sides. My mum doesn't understand why I would want to write to "those psychos", but oh well.. Maybe I'll get her to understand one day. :) Aww, I'd love to see the pictures, but I searched for your facebook and even found it but don't see any pictures. :( Privacyyyy. I'll just send a friend request, I guess! I also saw the fundraiser for your daughter. :( I'd love to help her... Damn, I gotta get rich! I'm always so sad when I want to donate something but then realize I don't have money myself... x)
Ciao Robert!:) Yeah, I'm new here, haha. Well, I wrote you a really small comment once before but that doesn't really count. Yea, it's better to cut out the toxic people in your life! So if it's possible, you definitly should.:) I mean, I really do kind of understand where Maggie is coming from, but I have a very forgiving nature and to be honest, I think people would be happier if they'd just cast aside their hate and forgive sometimes... :) Doesn't even have something to do with religion - hah.:P I mean, Christians are always talking about forgiveness but most are hypocrites.... I'd love to send you a handwritten letter! But I'm from veeeery far away. Switzerland, to be exact! And aside from everything here being overly expensive, mailing the letters would be too much for me. I'm a student, don't make money yet...:) Actually, I'm just a little bit older than your daughter, I think. How old is she? But! I had the idea that I could write some letters by hand and scan them... I asked the behindthebars-team, if I could do that and am waiting for their reply now.:) I'm listening to "Heaven" by Otherside now too, by the way. I didn't know that song, it really is beautiful! Ugh, it's so weird, having a name that's viable to both genders!:P In school, when I have a teacher for the first time, they often think that I'm male because of my name and are surprised when they see me - definitly a female, haha. Ooh, you're right. The "bad boys". But to be honest, if I had known your past self I would have been attracted to the 'broken' side of you instead of the "bad boy", to be honest. I always want to help and fix people, but well, that doesn't really go well most of the time... :P Damn... It always makes me sad to read such stories. No child deservers to be treated so badly. And I'll never understand how you can hit a child...:( I'm really thankful for my parents (my mother at least). She's the best I could ask for. But honestly? It's so sick that they're locking up children/teenagers in America. You needed a loving family, not 3 years inside prison that made everything worse, what the hell! I mean, I'm 16 now, and 3 years are a lot to me. And they were just stolen from you. Did nobody even look into your uncle hitting you? Horrible, really... I'm actually German and I moved to Switzerland when I was 12. Anyways, in Germany, my best friend was actually really fucked up as well, because her stepfather beat her. She was schizophrenic and cut herself, also threatened to kill herself a lot... I'm glad she didn't. But it's insane what hitting children does to children.. And some people even try justifying it, ughh. Hope that class will be interesting.:) By the way, do you get therapy in your prisons? Not just the "sick psychos", but everyone, to deal with anger issues for example. I want to become a psychiatrist and do that someday. :) Going to continue in another letter, I always run out of space, jeeeez... :) C'ya!
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I'll bet if you look hard, you can find beautiful moments to appreciate where you're at. It's much harder, I'm sure, but worth a try?
I'm glad to read that you are so positive and on the right track! All the activities you mention will continue you on this good path. I would be interested to read more about your experience with the self-help correspondence courses. It would be cool to hear what's out there and if there is anything that strikes my interest.
Sorry to read about the passing of your stepfather. It must be especially hard to receive this news behind bars and not be able to participate in the normal rituals to grieve his passing.
Best,
j.c.
My mom had a stroke, a small one, but it took her a long time to get back to normal, so I know how it goes. Hope you continue to do well. The panic attacks are understandable, especially in your situation. Have you ever tried any breathing techniques or meditation for relaxation? That might help.
Best wishes,
J.
Many blessings to you!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I love seeing posts like yours that remind me there's always hope, we can always do better & most importantly, how ever far we travel down a wrong road, it's always possible to turn around. Thank you for the inspiration. I will keep it close to my heart today <3
Nicki
So, here is part 2 of my letter, haha.
It's really nice of you to spend your time with the dying guys.. :( Are they sick? Or just really old? Or both..?
I'd like to draw them something and mail it to you, but like I said, I can't. :( Frustrating!
Of course I'm comfortable with talking to you. It's really interesting to get to know a lot of different people and learn their stories!
How did I find your blog... Haha, silly story, actually. I watched the series Prison Break and because the American Prison System seemed so alien to me I read a little about it... Somehow I found prisoner blogs and also this site. I read a lot of posts from different people and it made me really sad, to be honest. So I wanted to cheer you guys up! Because I think even when people have done terrible things, they often have really nice sides to them and I want to get to know those sides. My mum doesn't understand why I would want to write to "those psychos", but oh well.. Maybe I'll get her to understand one day. :)
Aww, I'd love to see the pictures, but I searched for your facebook and even found it but don't see any pictures. :( Privacyyyy. I'll just send a friend request, I guess!
I also saw the fundraiser for your daughter. :( I'd love to help her... Damn, I gotta get rich! I'm always so sad when I want to donate something but then realize I don't have money myself... x)
Be well!
Looking forward to hear from you,
Jamie
Yeah, I'm new here, haha. Well, I wrote you a really small comment once before but that doesn't really count.
Yea, it's better to cut out the toxic people in your life! So if it's possible, you definitly should.:) I mean, I really do kind of understand where Maggie is coming from, but I have a very forgiving nature and to be honest, I think people would be happier if they'd just cast aside their hate and forgive sometimes... :) Doesn't even have something to do with religion - hah.:P I mean, Christians are always talking about forgiveness but most are hypocrites....
I'd love to send you a handwritten letter! But I'm from veeeery far away. Switzerland, to be exact! And aside from everything here being overly expensive, mailing the letters would be too much for me. I'm a student, don't make money yet...:) Actually, I'm just a little bit older than your daughter, I think. How old is she?
But! I had the idea that I could write some letters by hand and scan them... I asked the behindthebars-team, if I could do that and am waiting for their reply now.:)
I'm listening to "Heaven" by Otherside now too, by the way. I didn't know that song, it really is beautiful!
Ugh, it's so weird, having a name that's viable to both genders!:P In school, when I have a teacher for the first time, they often think that I'm male because of my name and are surprised when they see me - definitly a female, haha.
Ooh, you're right. The "bad boys". But to be honest, if I had known your past self I would have been attracted to the 'broken' side of you instead of the "bad boy", to be honest. I always want to help and fix people, but well, that doesn't really go well most of the time... :P
Damn... It always makes me sad to read such stories. No child deservers to be treated so badly. And I'll never understand how you can hit a child...:( I'm really thankful for my parents (my mother at least). She's the best I could ask for.
But honestly? It's so sick that they're locking up children/teenagers in America. You needed a loving family, not 3 years inside prison that made everything worse, what the hell! I mean, I'm 16 now, and 3 years are a lot to me. And they were just stolen from you.
Did nobody even look into your uncle hitting you? Horrible, really... I'm actually German and I moved to Switzerland when I was 12. Anyways, in Germany, my best friend was actually really fucked up as well, because her stepfather beat her. She was schizophrenic and cut herself, also threatened to kill herself a lot... I'm glad she didn't. But it's insane what hitting children does to children.. And some people even try justifying it, ughh.
Hope that class will be interesting.:) By the way, do you get therapy in your prisons? Not just the "sick psychos", but everyone, to deal with anger issues for example. I want to become a psychiatrist and do that someday. :)
Going to continue in another letter, I always run out of space, jeeeez... :)
C'ya!