This was beautiful. I hold different religious beliefs than you but I can certainly still recognize that. I admire you for finding peace and enlightenment in less-than-ideal circumstances. The world needs more people like you.
Jeremy - Reading this made me so sad. You live in a world I can't even fathom. Thank goodness for a program like Between the Bars so that blissfully ignorant people like me can be jolted awake. You're a good writer. I just barely discovered your posts on BTB but ...