Serving a prison sentence isn’t the hard part, the hard part is being away from the people you love. For that reason I want to honor my love ones, proving to myself that I am worthy and valued. I no longer dwell on all the time I’ve got, counting down the days, months, years. Reading this book has giving me a new perspective. To change the way I think.. How my life here is not bad at all compared to what Viktor and other Jews went through. I’ve read other books on concentration camps and Survivors. I can relate about the “Apathy”- I lack emotion. I notice as I read this that I too don’t care about whats happening around me I am numb without medication. I move around here through deep silent water, no one or nothing can hurt me or really me me happy. Just here, still shell shocked from my own personal trauma of coming to prison. The truth as the book says: the truth- this love is the ultimate and highest goal to which a man can aspire. The salvation of man is through love and in love… The love of my family gives me meaning and purpose to move forward, doind what I can to be the best version of myself, to love myself above all. Learning coping skills that will help me deal with situations
