Life Choices

So I finally got inside to figure out part of the problem with one of my students. I was shocked that he felt that he could confide in me to let me in on what has been going on in his life. Unfortunately what he told me left me shocked and defeated. While I won't delve into the specifics, all I truly heard was a possible 8 to 12 years in jail. For the first time, I had no answers or solutions. No way I could help. As unfortunate as the situation could potentially be, we talked about the life lessons behind it. Life isn't as precious until you realize you can't enjoy it freely or until you know it is about to be taken from you. We talked about choices. Parents don't emphasis the effect that choices no matter how big or small have an effect on something. Everything you do have an outcome either favorable or not to your situation. In this case, the decision he made now has the chance to ruin the plans he could have had for his life. Being locked up will do nothing but make him have to work even harder than he has to work now. Let's face it, the realistic chance that he will become something else other than another black man on the street will be inevitable if he goes to jail. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time isn't always by happenstance and sometimes we have to make the decision to protect ourselves first. According to his story, he was not involved so pray that God's will be done and that the outcome is favorable to his success and future.