Profound Regret

“In my early years my home was an abusive one, and by the age of 11, I had been mugged, sexually assaulted and jumped by other kids while walking home from school. I was tired of feeling weak and unsafe. I was tired of being a kid. And looking at my reflection holding the gun, I finally saw myself as a man.” In the NYT (Gift Article), Christopher Blackwell, who is incarcerated, reflects on regret. I Should Never Have Picked Up That Gun. “Picking up that gun is the single biggest regret of my life — one that I will have to live with forever — but years passed before I was able to truly understand the gravity of my actions.”