Month: September 2019

by Gabriel Let me start off by saying that everyone (hopefully) wishes they could have handled something differently — whether it’s not getting into that one argument with a friend that escalated the situation, stealing and running away, getting in trouble with the police. Whatever your situation is or was, just know there are other ways you could have handled it. Once you figure out that way, life will be a lot easier.  Why give someone a second chance though, or many chances?  It is like getting fired from a job, because when you apply for another job and you have

by Alexander  I think that at least seventy-five percent of the world’s population has either been given a second chance or has given a second chance. I know that it is hard to forgive someone or to be forgiven. I think it is a good idea to give people second chances even if you think they don’t deserve it. It is possible to give multiple chances if you think that they can do better this time then they did last time. You don’t want to give anyone to many chances because then they will either run over you or take

by Shon Pernice Your walk through the justice system, whether as a juvenile or as an adult, is an opportunity for you to reflect: Why am I here? What did I do? Who did I hurt? People mess up; we fail. What matters is learning from your mistakes and repairing the bonds broken by destructive behavior. As a community and a country, our prison population is at an all time high. People returning to prison is astonishing considering how unpleasant prison atmosphere and living situations are. Incarceration should be a time for restoration of yourself and restitution.   When I first

by Michael Mackey Our failures in life come from not realizing our closeness to success when we give up, so keep setting goals. Because very often we become angry, anxious, or fearful when the things we want do not work to our favor. I know we sometimes box ourselves into time limits; limits are fine when we have everything we need “within arms reach”. Know that no matter where we are and what we want, we must always surrender the element of time to the divine timekeeper.   We judge whether they have worked hard enough to own that. We criticize them

by Hessler I was five years old in 2007, when my mother left Mazatenango, our small village in southern Guatemala.  Gangs run that town and evil runs everywhere. I lived with my mom and dad and older brother until my dad started to get into trouble with bad people in town. I never knew what kind of trouble it was, but he couldn’t face his problems so he sank himself in alcohol. Soon his problems became our problems. He would come home and abuse my mom and just act crazy. Once I remember he threw my little bicycle at her.  One