Weāre excited to offer the secondĀ in Eric Burnhamās five-part series based on "The Four Agreements," by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz. In the book, Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient...
Do murderers cry? No one has ever asked me. I became one twenty years ago through denial. Sixteen might seem too young to have demons, but it isn't, and when I turned my back on them, they pounced on me. I hadn't cried for years before I became a murderer, but I did...
We're excited to offer the first of Eric Burnham's five-part series based on "The Four Agreements," by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz. In the book, Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient...
Pinellas County Floridaās Sheriff Bob Gualtieriās complicity in creating a racial divide leading to constant strife, stress and physical fights among the prisoners at the county jail facility under his charge actually costs the taxpayers untold thousands of dollars....
Shake down Go ahead and take it from me Shake down In the middle of the night Shake down Iām sleeping here canāt you see Shake down itās not alriiiiiightā¦ With me Although this sounds like a parody from weird Al Yankovic of a famous Tom Petty song, it really...
"How am I racist? Iām Black!ā Racism is something I never gave much thought to for most of my life, I just didnāt ascribe to the unconscious practice even before I began waking up. My opening quandary is an actual, honest-to-God exchange between an inmate and a...
The most remarkable part of being locked up is not the lack of remorse and compassion from these prisoners, but the level of humanness of these so called hardened criminals. A man came to me the other day because, he said, I was a father and he didnāt know what to do...
Human beings are sexual creatures by nature. It's literally written into our DNA. Sexual expression is a remarkably healthy activity, both physically and psychologically, as long as it is not forced, exploitative, or directed toward children. Forced, exploitative, or...
Tenth Birthday Reminder Like the shadow stitched to your foot Like the breath filling your lungs Like a tail to its dog Like the waves to the sea Like starlight dancing on night skies Like life's cosmic energy tossed by the sun Sometimes obvious, sometimes bold...
My name is Eric Burnham, but these days I'm better known as inmate #12729124. I grew up in a low-income, single-mother home. Nobody in my family had ever graduated high school, so any thoughts of college were "what if" dreams. As a young teenager, I arrived at the...