thanks for showin' me a vast, real, inner side of life which, is showing me that life can be so much more than what I once thought... I am blessed to have found this at such a young age!
My aunt's friend quit working for the magazine industry to get a job with this non-profit. "Puppies Behind Bars trains inmates to raise puppies to become service dogs for the disabled and explosive detection canines for law enforcement."
Watching their videos might just make you cry. One inmate says something along the lines of "This is the first time I've touched an animal since being in prison. After 20 years here, I feel like a human again."

I just finished reading Eat That Frog - though it feels very repetitive and often common sense, it is still a nice reminder of some basic ways and pretty effective to get focused and get done more of the things you want done (rather than all the other little things we keep getting done while we wish we were achieving our dreams and goals).