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Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
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I Wasn’t Building a Life, I Was Building a Prison
I’ve been thinking about my pre-prison fears.
And I had them wrong.
Pre-prison, I had a corporate career and built what would be considered a successful life.
The cars, the clothes, the watches, the houses, the status.
The truth is, I didn’t like my career; I liked the lifestyle my career afforded me.
And I believed that’s how it was done: Work isn’t fun, so you create a lifestyle to make up for it.
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“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower”
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
“When a Formula One car is pushed beyond its limits, it shuts down. A safety feature to protect the engine. My mind reached its limit; it’s shut down.”
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King Jr.”
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
― Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison
“If the past could be changed,
it would not exist.
If the future could be stopped,
it would not survive.
If the present could be avoided,
it would not prevail.
Time is everyone’s acquaintance,
life is everyone’s friend,
death is everyone’s enemy,
and existence is everyone’s soulmate.”
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it would not exist.
If the future could be stopped,
it would not survive.
If the present could be avoided,
it would not prevail.
Time is everyone’s acquaintance,
life is everyone’s friend,
death is everyone’s enemy,
and existence is everyone’s soulmate.”
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“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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