“I am fully aware of myself my inner land scape and outer landscape, this helps me a lot in dealing with my emotion and anger without harming anyone.”
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My names are Sammy Lotore, I am 54 years old and I am currently at Naivasha main prison, I was employed by myself a shoe shiner in a certain town called Kabarnet. I developed very fast to an actual employing another worker. One day that I will not forget is when I encountered what landed me into prison.
As you have seen my age I am an old man but still I am a student in prison and I still engage in mindful programme. I have learned a lot in the full time class, I am aware of HIV & Aids counselling, alcohol & drug abuse, life skills & mindfulness. I didn’t know that when I cling on to the past the future turns to bleak and weary, but since Dr. Inmaculada taught me about living in the ‘Now’ I am a changed person and learning is dynamic everyday I learn about new things which I think could not be possible for me to know in the outside world.
I am fully aware of myself my inner land scape and outer landscape, this helps me a lot in dealing with my emotion and anger without harming anyone.
I used to be an ambivalent person, but now I am able to deal with ambulance. I have learnt how to put the lights on in my brain by practising mental wall breaking doing exercise, being in another prison situation empathy.
This has been an arduous journey in the mindful programme and I thank my teachers and the officer’s teachers who have changed me. The impact of mindfulness I think that are nowadays being seen in the Naivasha Prison. I am a person who views things in both two side of the coin and have different perception of things, I will continue with my studies this new year and I think I will continue to learn a lot, and I am god fearing person and I will continue to encourage other old people to join the class too.