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Voice12,
How's it going? Hopefully life isn't treating you too bad out there. I want to begin by saying sorry for the delay in responding to your reply dated 11/12/2012. I just received it yesterday 12/8/2012. However, I got it now so I'm at you right away. :)
I'm happy to read you enjoyed my "Big Will" post and the "Never be ashamed to learn from those around you" line. Voice 12, that is real life information/advice and I mean that. You never know what game, insight or knowledge those around you hold so it be foolish to assume that people in your day to day world can't provide you with knowledge and tools to succeed.
I been in prison over 10 years... Prison is not designed to help/encourage us to grow or be better people. I don't know what is posted about prisons online but all they do is house us, feed us slop, and go out of their way to demean us. To get through ten years of the horror I've witnessed in this place and still be sane, see the good in others, and feel like there's enough good in me to change my life... speaks volumes.
I don't just think it speaks volumes in who I am or what I stand for but it speaks volumes in a sense how "Big Will" stood out in the midst of all this B/S. Through all this B/S I seen a good person and said "let me learn from him".
Believe it or not... I put my blog posts up to learn from people like you out in the free world. I been messing up my WHOLE life to the point where I've been trapped in this "HELL" over ten years. "I" did this but "I" can correct it too. I choose to do so by learning from my mistakes and from the advice and knowledge of others.
Am I perfect... far from it but I know there's "A LOT" that I can, will, and have changed. I'm glad that BTB has set up a platform for men in my situation to be heard and grow from the advice and wisdom of those in the free world.
I'd love to know how you got linked to BTB? And my post? You seem to be an interesting person and your compliments have not only been received in total appreciation but accepted in total humility as well.
I'd love to hear you from again if possible, mainly how if ever you've had to learn from anyone around you:
Have you had to endure struggles in life?
How do you face hard times?
What's your inspiration?
Voice 12, thanks again for your response. I've enjoyed this exchange and hopefully can hear from you again. Until then, take care and have a wonderful holiday season.
Happy holidays,
Marcus T. Rogers #377571
SCI
100 Corrections Drive
Stanley, WI 54768
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I subscribe to BTB on a blog reader website, which means I get notified through that website whenever there is a new post from anyone. There are a LOT of posts so I don't read them all, but I skim the first bit and read the ones that catch my attention the most. That is how I got to your post - the subject matter caught my attention. I originally heard about BTB through my job. I work at a legal services non-profit.
Like you I try to be open to learning from whoever I can, from co-workers, to strangers I come across throughout the day, to people on the internet including BTB bloggers. I definitely realize that one person's experience is never going to tell the whole story - so if I don't go beyond myself, and even beyond those who are closest to me, I'm going to miss out on a lot. That being said, it takes a lot of humility to learn from others, and I am not nearly as humble as I wish I was! So a lot of the time I'm not as open as I could be to other people…but I'm working on that.
I suppose everyone goes through struggles at one time or another in their life, although of course there can be a lot of difference in the degree it goes to. There are a lot of struggles I have been lucky to not have, I guess. I did struggle with depression at one point in time. After a while I was able to get through that by realizing I couldn't handle everything by myself and had to open up to other people more. It was very hard for me to learn to let other people help me and take care of me, but I realized that is how human beings are supposed to function. These days I am very religious/spiritual - I pray a lot to get through tough times and reach out to my support network. In the end I guess the important thing is just to keep trying!
I feel inspired by a lot of things, by finding beauty in the world, trying to do good work, trying to look out for those around me and do what I can for them. I feel inspired by people, including the bloggers on BTB, who find ways to stay positive in spite of the difficult situations they face and who stay committed to a better future.
Happy new year! I'll look out for other posts from you.
-Voice12