Celeste Monette Blair-10/08/2024-What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE When Goldsmith speaks of the Success Delusion, I am reminded of the poem that serves, very much, as my guide for navigating this prison and this earth, “IF” by Rudyard Kipling. In one of the lines, when speaking of TRIUMPH AND DISASTER, he instructs us to, ” […]
Dustin Strange-10/08/2024
Today was a bit of a slow start I was super sore and tired so I laid back down after breakfast. Since I’ve gotten back up I seem to be running on all cylinders though. The yoga took my soreness away and my meditations were positive despite the extra distractions of noise created by others […]
Fernando Cordova-10/08/2024
Life is so much better when I am focused on the positive I can do as opposed to looking for all the damage I can cause. Now that I put my entire energy into something positive it feels so much better. I no longer have to hide who I am and what I want to […]
Eduardo Luis Valdes-10/07/2024-Day 1118
Up and ready, it’s 6:55am, I prepare a black tea with lemon, and sit to talk with “Bon-Bon”.5-minute move at 7:00am so I head to the chapel, to check the front door make sure no water got into the chapel like it did yesterday, when I arrived at the chapel and find a large amount […]
Thomas Jefferson Williams Jr-10/07/2024
I have been working on a daily basis to improve myself and with that comes improving on others as well. We are all connected and when something is done by you it ripples out to the people you associate with and also the ones that you don’t. I have been conscious of the way I […]
Donna Jean Schucker-10/07/2024
Still residing at the amazing Hotel La OTC…. And it looks like old hurricane Mildred or Milton or Ma-watever it’s called is keeping me here another week. God help me endure the loud annoyance and inconsiderate individuals that are here. Why is it so important to yell across the compound when you can get your […]
Douglas Jason Way-10/07/2024-THE CENTER AND THE EDGE
Who knew that by coming to federal prison I would become an amateur yoga instructor? It all started because I was stretching my tight legs and sore back in the evenings. My ritual was a curiosity to the guys and brought me to the attention of the camp recreation officer, who wanted to start a […]
Laurie Ann Maxey-10/07/2024-The Power of a Positive Path: Strategies for Post-Prison Success
The steps that I take over the past week will determine whether I keep going in the same positive rehabilitative path I set out on a few years ago or if I take a different course toward something more productive and successful. Each step we take, no matter how small that step, will influence the […]
Zachary Troy Fennell-10/07/2024-The Power of a Positive Path: Strategies for Post-Prison Success
Thinking, before reacting, teaches me to find a better path, for a better outcome. READ NEWSLETTER ARTICLE HERE: https://prisonprofessorstalent.com/journal-entries/newsletter-10/
Dustin Strange-10/07/2024
So far so good this morning I’ve been up since about 5:30 am and I’ve got most of the morning things done at this point. The only thing missing was my visit with my wife because the tablets were down this am. I awoke several times last night I think I’ve just had to rest […]
