Comments on: On life after prison http://chelseywaters.com/soapbox/2010/05/on-life-after-prison/ clever would be nice Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Litigious Mind http://chelseywaters.com/soapbox/2010/05/on-life-after-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Litigious Mind Wed, 26 May 2010 23:40:38 +0000 http://chelseywaters.com/soapbox/?p=1694#comment-3138 I encountered someone with this defeatist attitude towards employment, too, and he hadn't even been to prison. (But he did have a felony conviction on his record.) I think with some people it's a continuation of what they've probably done all their life--blamed someone else for their problems instead of facing the reality that they [more often than they might think] have a choice. At the same time, as someone who tends to feel sorry for herself on a regular basis, I do sympathize. It takes a lot of guts to just go for it despite how hopeless it feels. I encountered someone with this defeatist attitude towards employment, too, and he hadn’t even been to prison. (But he did have a felony conviction on his record.) I think with some people it’s a continuation of what they’ve probably done all their life–blamed someone else for their problems instead of facing the reality that they [more often than they might think] have a choice. At the same time, as someone who tends to feel sorry for herself on a regular basis, I do sympathize. It takes a lot of guts to just go for it despite how hopeless it feels.

]]> By: mandy http://chelseywaters.com/soapbox/2010/05/on-life-after-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 mandy Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:27 +0000 http://chelseywaters.com/soapbox/?p=1694#comment-3137 thank heavens for people such as yourself who are brave enough to struggle with this question. so many people have "solutions" without having ever actually wrestled with the question up close and personally. thank heavens for people such as yourself who are brave enough to struggle with this question. so many people have “solutions” without having ever actually wrestled with the question up close and personally.

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