Things You Experience When You’re on Your Way to the Top
***Sorry for the late post. I had an all day visit.***
When you are attempting to do something substantial not everyone will agree with you and everything you do. People don’t always grasp what it is you are attempting to set out and do but that is fine. I am starting to experience it all firsthand. At times it becomes frustrating and at other times I can really care less what others think. I personally think that people see I am on my quest of self actualizing and they want to jump on this spaceship while it’s moving forward again. They try to include their flawed and untested logic for the purpose of trying to have some inclusion and control in my life. That’s not likely to happen this time around. I have no interest in having liabilities surround me and my family. It’s all so funny how some people think that since I am in prison that they can treat me like I am in desperate need of their help. I believe that my personal value is at an all time high because I am more conscious and educated than in the past. My past was controlled by my physical abilities and my future will be controlled by my intellect.
It’s like they use me against me when they say I can’t do this or achieve that because of what took place in 2006. The only thing I can do is ask the Lord to help them. I pray that they show concern about their own business like they do mine. In due time it will be my turn to be freed from this facility and I will be back better than ever. When I return, I promise to shine brighter than the brightest light to the best of my physical and mental abilities in all that I do.
May 13, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I lived in the y-town many years ago. It will always be my home though I have lived away for 26 years. I am in my fifties so i have been around the block a time or two. I don’t know you but have been reading your posts for a little while. I believe real growth occurs through both joy and adversity. It seems extremes often make us more reflective. I believe you are wise to keep your own counsel because there are folks who will use because of your celebrity status. I am successful in that I love my family and work hard at it because that is what really matters. All the other things I have accomplished in life have been just window dressing. From what i have been reading you have the intelligence, ability, and the character to be successful. You always have had these characteristics but sometimes in life they get buried. You do not need anyone except your family and if you are real lucky, a few close friends. My advice for what is worth, never stop believing in yourself. never let anything or anybody define you as man. You do that. You create a vision of what type of man you want to be in society, on the job, and with your family. Let nothing define you i:e not prison, not football, not greatness, nor failure. those are experiences not a definition of who you are on the inside. later
May 13, 2009 at 9:05 pm
You sound really positive and inspirational. I was a fan of yours before, but I’m a bigger fan now. I hope you can take these words and pass them on to the young people. God bless
Charley
May 14, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Keep on the right path my man! You can absolutely control your future with a clear conscience moving forward. All the BS behind you doesn’t matter moving forward. Keep going towards that light. I’m enjoying every post.
May 16, 2009 at 11:08 pm
That was nice to hear from you, and I hope you mean it. If you don’t believe in yourself, than who will. It’s all up to you from here on out man, and I hope you live the rest of your life with that outlook. You are only 25, keep that in mind. You have a lotta time to live the rest of your life. Keep up the optimism.