PRISONER EXPRESS

I remember when I was a lad, my parents had bought this old house (which needs a lot of repairs, before we could move in to it.) One night while working on the house we were replacing the water heater and the pipes that connect to it. My uncle was over that night and he was the welder in our family. He was doing most of the pope laying into the water heater.

While my dad and uncle worked on the water heater. I crawled up under the house to hold the pipes into place, while they welded them together. My Father left for the store and left me and my uncle to finish what we had left on the pipes. We had got finished before Dad had gotten back, so we had some time to talk. My Uncle began to speak, "don't ever let anyone tell you cannot do something. A person who say they can't won't, a person who say they can do."

That phrase has stuck with me ever since that day. Even though I messed up, I can still see that there still can come out some good in it all. Optimistic with maybe. I don't know. There is some skeptical in me as well. Some times I see there is no future for me. And other times I know that anyone can make it if they put some effort to it.

Someday I hope to see the world beyond the fences, or walls of concrete again. I know with this there is enough time to sit back and think about what my future holds. The questions I ask myself are: will it end up in the prison system or will it go and be successful person as in family, business person, and being kind towards all. I would like to see myself being the latter part of the last sentence.

No one truly knows what tomorrow may hold, but we strive to make up our tomorrows. Even though tomorrow is never promised to us. Some times we make decisions that will make up all of our tomorrows for a long time. With this we regret for not making the right decisions.

As I listen to my own thoughts and the words that used to be of owes and fears now they speak of hope and joy. The thoughts of seeing beyond these fences shows of promises. A life gone far beyond shackles and chains. To a place of nice green grass and tress with fresh fruit.

The obstacles we face now, tomorrow will just a pebble in our path. When we thought it will be a mountain we have to climb, once we climb it then we realize it was a lesson we had to learn.

With this thought what I hope to leave with is if we never try to push for tomorrow then we'll let tomorrow make its own plans. But if we make plans for tomorrow, then when tomorrow comes we've made our plans. When we are locked up our plans has been made for us, our decisions are made for us. If we would have chosen the right decisions then we would still be making decisions on the street.

As I look at life and summons the nature of my ambitions to live for the next day. Some times it's real hard, other times there I have to pull together just for today. With hope for tomorrow will help me with obstacles for today.