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Monday, July 26, 2004


A Relationship


Hello, welcome to this, your Blog. I hope that it’s been of help to you and that it brings at least a bit of happiness to your lives.

Today, I would like to ask you two questions and I would really like for you to send me messages with your opinions to these questions, if you wish. The first question is: How would you react if you find out that a loved one is with a convict?, and the second one is: If a close relative or a person close to you confessed to you that he/she is in love with someone who’s in prison or who has been in jail, what would you say and why?

Sincerely, I wouldn’t know how to answer these questions because I’m an inmate and I see this situation from a different point of view than many of you. But I will answer them from my point of view. (1) My reaction would be that of surprise, and I would ask them what has been the motive for such relationship. (2) I would ask them if he/she is sure of what they’re doing, being that many inmates only want to kill some time until they get out and then they don’t even want that person to get close to them. Also, I would ask them if they are truly in love with the inmate. I would tell them about my worries. I would ask them if they’re really willing to wait for them. I would ask them, what can the inmate offer her/him. I would tell them to weight the Pros and Cons as well, because it might be that everyone in his/her family won’t agree with that relationship, but also, the inmate might be just who will bring his/her heart true happiness – what’s been wished for and wanted for so long. I would want to meet this person (inmate) to see if they’re worth it, being that having committed mistakes, doesn’t mean that they’re not excellent human beings who can make someone happy. I would give them the chance to get to know me and prove that they’ll be someone of good when they get their freedom.

I say all these because I know that there are people who are or will be in a situation like this. And I know that they’ve been between a rock and a hard place, and they feel confused, depressed, and unmotivated because they don’t want to fail their relatives, or the person they love. On one hand they have their parents, brothers, friends telling them that the relationship isn’t worth it, but on the other hand, their heart is telling them to go ahead. I know it’s a difficult situation and that time and patience are needed to get to a happy ending with both parties.

Well, this is all for now. I hope that you’ve liked my answers and that you analize them well. I would really like to read your comments about this. Thanks for your support. See you later.

Sincerely,

Pedro

Disappointments in Life


The disappointments in life always bring a better tomorrow.

In life, although there will be pain and bitterness along the way, there’s always a deep happiness.

Although your world seems destroyed, take whatever good is left and keep going forward, because in some way your yearnings will be fulfilled.

Remember that in the end, the good and the bad will be compensated. Cry your tears, smile your smiles, but never, ever give up.

Remember that the strength is in you to believe that your dreams are always close, even though they seem to be so far away.

(Author: Linda Príncipe)

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