Past self-pity, past all hopelessness, a prisoner
reaches a point of selfless thought, to inquire within oneself,
what can be done to change the World? Why isn’t this a preposterous
idea?
Possessing a scrap of self-worth, regardless of incarcerate
circumstances, ultimately any person of godly nature
transcends the seeming wall of negativity. We decide to
act, not for ourselves, but for others.
Even in daily attitude we can convey a positive air
to others. Look for little things, ways to be kind, to share, to
smile. Encourage any peer feeling misfortune, pain, depression.
Tell them: I CARE. Do this unto others, for their
sake. People who become situated in such intelligence will
become examples. Others will want to do likewise. Be a
divine light, in the prison’s darkness. Make God’s presence
known.
I once had a friend who had cause to hunger strike,
to the death. I was allowed to visit him in the infirmary. I
accused him of being selfish. I told him he should eat and
live, not for himself, but for someone else. He did. In the
years since he has inspired countless lives by sharing himself.
He’s too good of a creature to have met the fate he once
intended himself to suffer.
Prisoners have time to contemplate many good
things to do and say to change the World, and make it a better
place for us all.
