Stories of Lakeside
Edward
“I have only one life, and I think two-thirds of it is already gone. But before it passes, I want to live it as best as I can. That is why even though I earned much more in the IT industry, I chose to become a counsellor. I wanted to do something more meaningful, rather than facing the computer. Now, instead of business projects, human lives are assigned to my care. And instead of dollars and cents, we restore precious lives.”
Coming from a broken family, I see myself in the inmates I serve. I feel I wear similar shoes even though my own path did not lead me to prison. Although I sometimes feel so helpless in not being able to help every single inmate, I know that every small step we take makes a difference.
How do we see and value a human life? To me, each life rescued and transformed is a trophy of joy because we are fellow humans. It gives us all hope that change is possible. We never know – As long as there is life, there is always hope. In learning to help them, I have come to know and help myself.