Will the Stats Dictate Your Future?

Will the Stats Dictate Your Future? The Choice Is Yours

According to studies by Washington’s College in Prison Program, 59% of ex-inmates do not have anything going for them after leaving prison, and 41% of ex-inmates either find an education or employment after leaving prison. Now I ask, is this stigma entitled to everyone? Or is the choice of each ex-inmate what determines their future?

We all have a choice and free will that was given to each one of us, and with that power and freedom, we can choose what we do with it. You do not have to be apart of the 59% that stays down; you can decide to make something out of your life even while being incarcerated. While behind bars, inquire about programs offered for your education, ask about getting a job, do voluntary work to keep yourself busy. Inmate, you do not have to settle; you do not have to make your current circumstance your worst outcome. You can be better than what you are now, but the choice is yours. You decide if you want to start to do better while behind bars or remain the same person or even worse than when you went in.

What Will Be Your Source To Motivate You?

Faith is to believe in something before we have even seen it happen. By faith, we hope for the better even while facing a storm. Have you been using your faith lately? You hold the power in your hands; you just have to use it in the right way to provoke the change you want to see taking place in your life. Do not accept to be part of the majority, but be part of the few that make the difference in their life after incarceration. You are capable!

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. That you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2)