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Its sad to read but horrifyingly true what Kenny is faced with, having seen this first hand, my only thoughts can be that if help is offered ...take it and don't sink into the past but move forward each day as best as you can.
I've seen it work in Johnny Kamara and Kenny has the same opportunities... he just has to keep in mind that life is hard, but harder if you give up and take the easy way out. 
take care,
Bobbie
In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.
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He needs to reach out to others that have been wrongfully incarcerated, death row or not.
Bob, Randy and Clarence would be happy to talk to him via phone, email, letters whatever he needs.
NO ONE, except those who have "been there" can relate to what Kenny is going through.
I"m not sure what type of support system he has now, but he needs GOOD, UNDERSTANDING, LOVING people who are not out to "get something" from him.
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I agree and have been telling him this.
He is doing a little better just now and adapting to being free slowly but surely.
His sense of humour is back to what it was and he is singing again LOL
He sends his love and best wishes to everyone.
Oh, Great Spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins." - Old Indian Prayer My dad told me!! |
He needs a meaning of life apart from the struggle to get cleared and free.
While not comparable, it reminds me of when the direction of my own life changed, and I trashed the dreams I had nurtured for almost a decade.
To find a new meaning and a new direction is hard when most of your life and energy has been focused on one thing and one thing only. You're adrift and lost, more or less a shipwreck -- and very, very vulnerable.
Kenny should put his energy into helping others, others like himself. I think that something outside himself would help tremendously in healing him and rebuilding his person, self-reliance, self-confidence and fulfillment.
When you've been deprived for twenty plus years, it is a no-brainer that you're going to be focused on sex, alcohol and all the other "good things in life" that you have not had for ages. But that is hollow, and will soon need to be replaced by something more meaningful and constructive.
Every time I get a reason to reevaluate some of my preconceptions, it makes me that much younger and more vital. |
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