This is a question that I ask myself a lot and it is not always an
easy question to answer. There is no denying the fact that if not for my
accident, I would not be the man that I am today. I would not have matured in
the same way, or had the time to really discover who I am as a person. So much
of what I was doing prior to coming to prison was simply ‘keeping up with the
Jones’. Everything was about that moment
in time and not about the next day, week or even year. Some would say that it
is normal behavior for a 20 year old. The difference for me, was that I was in
a real relationship at that time. That in mind, I had little balance to my
life.
Looking back, I would have given anything to be able to have done
things differently. Since I do not have that luxury, I will have to take
everything that I have learned and take it with me as I embark on the next
chapter of my life when I am released.
I am really looking forward to that.
Today is Valentine’s Day and even though it is a completely manufactured
holiday, I went back through my memory rolodex to the good Valentine’s Days
that I once had. It is just one more thing that I took for granted. Oh well. At
least I am not overly sentimental about it.
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