by IT, Sacramento The best advice I have gotten was when I was told that “in life there will always be ups and downs. There will always be people who doubt you and want you to fail. And there will also be people who want to see you succeed and do something positive in life. So as long as you keep pushing and stay on the right track, you will be okay.” I feel this is one of the best words of advice I have received because not many people know that no matter what people say, good or bad,
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Forgiving Others
by Mario, Santa Cruz The only time I remember forgiving others was this time when my uncle gave me my first car. It was a Honda Civic ’03, all beat up but shhh, it was for free. I asked my mom to swap cars for a week. She had a new Honda Civic ’07, and it was hella clean. She agreed to. So I think it was a Wednesday when my mom asked me if she could get her car back. I was, like, sure, give me mine back. She was giving me the keys when she said, “But I
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by AC, Sonoma The silent treatment is something I do all the time. Especially to the staff who most annoys me because I don’t want to put myself in some situation, I’m not going to like the outcome of in the end. And also, just to keep the same relationship with staff but I’m not going to half of the time. I try this and help myself, but it ends up never working because either staff see it as me just trying to be disrespectful. I don’t answer things from them but in all reality, I’m just trying to get
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by Jose, Santa Clara Today I am goin’ to talk about how you think before you act and how it would affect you. I always think before I acted but sometimes it would get me in trouble and sometimes it would work out for me, but most of the time not. And I been thinking a lot lately and think how I should move and how to act so when I do something, I always think before I act and make my decision on how I feel and how I feel about other people. And when I do something I
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SLATTAL, San Mateo I ain’t never read Harry Potter before, but then again, I never really read on the outs. I picked up Harry Potter last week just because. Honestly it’s a good book so far. I used to think if you read Harry Potter that you were a 100% nerd! It’s crazy how my perspective changed about this book because it’s actually really interesting. Another thing I’ve tried was the fruit on a cactus. You would be surprised how good it actually was. I can’t actually explain how it tasted but it was very good. Something I would like
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by William Curl, Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, CA Hey what’s up with the people?! Hope my last installment left y’all inspired, enlightened, and a little closer to establishing inner peace. Life’s been the way it’s always been for me here waiting on some change to happen. I mean I’ve accomplished the internal insight that’s helped me get familiar with myself, but as we all know, the true test is in our response to external forces constantly testing who we say we are-are not. This level two is an ugly testing ground that managed to fine tune my character beautifully.
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by Angel Hurtado, Solano County Jail in Fairfield, CA I can’t stop, nothing has shown me some kind of directionAgain I sit here hating myself with overwhelming disappointmentI can’t stop, why is that?Chasing the satisfaction of deathNow that’s just factsI can’t stop, blaming others for all my pain and sufferingsBut realizing that I’m the one sweeping my feet right from under meI can’t stopLiving my life on the edge like I’m senselessNow look at me stuck in a cell looking at a life sentenceI can’t stopJust for a second to think on what I can do betterBut just putting my
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