Writing a book

If you happen to pay any attention to my blog I want to say I am sorry for my absence. I have no good excuse other than prison is a strange place and most things are outside of my control. You would think that I could never be pressed for time but somehow it turns out that even in a concrete box time can get away from you. Also, somewhere in there is a bit of laziness as well I am sure:-)

I have been working on writing a book which is proving to be a very difficult task, but I continue to work at it and hope to one day soon have a book available on Amazon.com. I am not writing to just have a book of course, I have something that I believe is important to say. Something that I hope will not only be interesting but more importantly, awakening? Have you ever seen that movie "Dead Pool"? The basic premise is that all people have the potential to be a mutant. To expand their human strength and abilities in to something above and beyond normal? The way they get these mutant genes to awaken, expand or come alive is by pushing the persons pain and suffering past its threshold until it activates? I am not a big fan of comic book movies but I found the plot of that movie to be a pretty interesting metaphor for how we grow, learn, understand and evolve as human beings. The depths of myself that I have experienced could not have ever been reached and understood without the suffering that I have endured.

A simple long standing concept "pain breeds strength"? I am not the first to suffer nor is my hurt worse than anyone else´s. The only difference here that puts me in to a category of the fewer is that I have spent most of the last 30 years in a box. I have had the opportunity to study and learn myself and the effects of my experiences in a way that most don't get an opportunity to and it might be valuable to others if I can find the ability within myself to share them in a understandable and interesting way. I watch the world from my box and I see a subsection of society that walks the path that led me here and it is those I hope to touch in some small way that might be helpful. The strongest desire and passion I have within myself is to be of service to these people. The addicted and the ones who are on a path to becoming addicts. There is nothing I wouldn't do to trigger even the tiniest awakening inside the mind and spirit of someone who feels lost or defeated by such a tragedy!! So I hope that if my blog interests you in anyway, you will look for my book coming soon. Soon may be a strong word as I still have a lot of work to do, but it is coming ;-)
I would like to send a hello out to "D" and to Emerson, I hope that you are both well and hope to hear from you.

As ever, Richard.......