tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168189202432119453.post6832474116871420816..comments2023-11-03T06:21:52.451-07:00Comments on Tommy Silverstein, the most isolated man : Book recommendation The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar GracianUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168189202432119453.post-13032233759799254132016-05-28T14:50:24.524-07:002016-05-28T14:50:24.524-07:00Sorry to say this was rejected by the BOP and retu...Sorry to say this was rejected by the BOP and returned to me. );Renée https://www.blogger.com/profile/07111609368889732431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168189202432119453.post-91755208351259687802015-08-06T13:23:04.878-07:002015-08-06T13:23:04.878-07:00Richard that was beautiful, I hope all is well I s...Richard that was beautiful, I hope all is well I still pray for your son. please email with joyful news soon I am finally going to send this to Tom<br />take careRenée https://www.blogger.com/profile/07111609368889732431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168189202432119453.post-23711229081637145432015-03-26T08:06:45.676-07:002015-03-26T08:06:45.676-07:00WHAT WILL MATTER IS A POEM I WROTE WHILE INCARCERA...WHAT WILL MATTER IS A POEM I WROTE WHILE INCARCERATED IN SAN QUENTIN IN 1986 IN THE SHU PROGRAM IN NORTHBLOCK FOR ASSAULT ON STAFF (A GUARD) READY OR NOT,SOMEDAY IT WILL COME TO AN END. THERE WILL BE NO MORE SUNRISES, NO MINUTES, HOURS OR DAYS. ALL THE THINGS YOU COLLECTED,WHETHER TREASURED OR FORGOTTEN, WILL PASS TO SOMEONE ELSE. YOUR WEALTH OR FAME WILL SHRIVEL TO IRRELEVANCE. IT WILL NOT MATTER, WHAT YOU OWNED, OR WHAT YOU WERE OWED. YOUR GRUDGES, RESENTMENTS, FRUSTRATIONS AND JEALOUSIES WILL FINALLY DISAPPEAR, SO TO WILL YOUR HOPES, AMBITIONS, PLANS, AND TO DO LISTS EXPIRE. THE WINS AND LOSSES THAT ONCE SEEMED SO IMPORTANT WILL FADE AWAY.IT WONT MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM OR ON WHAT SIDE OF THE TRACKS YOU LIVED ON AT THE END. IT WONT MATTER IF YOU WERE BRILLIANT OR BEAUTIFUL, EVEN YOUR GENDER AND SKIN COLOR WILL BE IRRELEVANT. SO WHAT WILL MATTER? HOW WILL THE VALUE OF YOUR DAYS BE MEASURED? WHAT WILL MATTER IS NOT WHAT YOU BOUGHT, WHAT YOU BUILT, WHAT YOU GOT, BUT WHAT YOU GAVE. WHAT WILL MATTER IS EVERY ACT OF INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, COURAGE OR SACRIFICE THAT ENRICHED, EMPOWERED OR ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO EMULATE YOUR EXAMPLE. WHAT WILL MATTER IS NOT YOUR COMPETENCE, BUT YOUR CHARACTER. WHAT WILL MATTER IS NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU KNEW., BUT HOW MANY WILL FEEL A LASTING LOSS WHEN YOU'RE GONE. WHAT WILL MATTER IS HOW LONG YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED,AND BY WHOM AND FOR WHAT. LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF CIRCUMSTANCE BUT OF CHOICE. CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS.<br />BY RICHARD BUMPER HARTLEY JR.<br />AUTHOR OF PRISON ADVENTURES MEMOIRS OF MY CHECKERED PAST. PUBLISHED 10/30/2014 "BY DOG EARLIER PUBLISHING"<br />HANG IN THER TOMMY:JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY POETRY WITH YOU FROM THE WALLS OF SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON I WROTE THAT 29 YEARS AGO IN A CELL IN NORTHBLOCK. MY PRAYERS AND HOPES FOR YOUR RELEASE FROM SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ARE WITH YOU.WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF YOUR RIGHTS TO BE FREED FOM CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07989075769437131906noreply@blogger.com