Although these setbacks are only temporary, we as inmates seem to dig a deeper hole for ourselves. Game recognize game. If you can't handle what is set before you, you are bound to fail, be it jail, the outs, money, relationships, etc. To every situation there is a right and wrong way of doing things. Now the right way is quick and easy, the wrong way is long and hard.
Life is full of lessons.
You may surprise yourself, or you may need to try the race several times before you are able to finish it. Whatever we do wrong, in the long run it catches up to you in some form or another. The Beat Within , a weekly newsletter of writing and art by incarcerated youth, is published by Pacific News Service. At The Beat Within , we go through a lot of trouble to censor inappropriate sexual remarks, foul language, and gang references. There is enough tension in our communites already - we don't aim to bolster it.