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Has anyone ever thought that just being by themselves, alone in a cell, might be the easiest course in life? No options, or choices to make.Just sit in your cell with nothing but books to read, papers and pencils..Obviously prison life wouldn't be that nice, as Andy found out....But what about time at a Minimum Security Federal Institution if you could have a cell by yourself, no other prisoners trying to attack or exploit you etc...Just sitting in your cell, thinking, reading, writing, and pondering upon the mysteries of Life? Is a current life with SA so unlike that except for better food, cable TV, computer access, and not having to take a shower with other people? I kind of wonder what it would be like to have someone else in control of all the choices and responsibilities....Where your only job was to be quiet and not make trouble...The rest of the time, you were on your own, left to yourself and your own mental inventions....Just sit there and read all the books in the Prison Library..Naive and unrealistic of course, but would a life like that be more comfortable than now or less? If you are already serving time in "Solitary" what difference does some bars and walls make...Just something I was thinking about...What it would be like with no possibilities, choices, options, or responsibilities other than to just lay in a bunk, read, write, think, and sleep, for several years... :con
Wouldn't giving up on trying to change, improve, or be social, not unlike that? Just quietly going to a dull job, go home to a quiet apartment, read, surf the net, think, watch movies, listen to music....And just exist, with no higher goals or illusions than finishing the next book, or taking a nap...
Would acceptance of such a life be more peaceful than constantly failing to fit in with society? And is that life any different than prisoners in jail, elderly people that live alone, homeless people, people that live by themselvese in rural areas etc? Aren't a lot of people in some type of jail or solitary confinement? At what point, if any, should you stop trying to change, just come to terms with present, and except things for what they are, with little chance for change? Acceptance of what is, and passing the rest of life as quietly and comfortably as possible...With the great works of literature, history, art, and philosophy as your companions....
Wouldn't giving up on trying to change, improve, or be social, not unlike that? Just quietly going to a dull job, go home to a quiet apartment, read, surf the net, think, watch movies, listen to music....And just exist, with no higher goals or illusions than finishing the next book, or taking a nap...
Would acceptance of such a life be more peaceful than constantly failing to fit in with society? And is that life any different than prisoners in jail, elderly people that live alone, homeless people, people that live by themselvese in rural areas etc? Aren't a lot of people in some type of jail or solitary confinement? At what point, if any, should you stop trying to change, just come to terms with present, and except things for what they are, with little chance for change? Acceptance of what is, and passing the rest of life as quietly and comfortably as possible...With the great works of literature, history, art, and philosophy as your companions....