Do we need to take more joy in the ordinary? Bobby Bostic spent 27 years in prison for a crime he did when he was 16. Now he finds everyday life full of beauty.
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What you notice after 10,000 nights in a cell
Do we need to take more joy in the ordinary? Bobby Bostic spent 27 years in prison for a crime he did when he was 16. Now he finds everyday life full of beauty.
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Bobby Bostic has only been a free man since November. He is 44 years old, but he has spent more than half of his life locked in a cellCells are the basic building blocks of all living things. A cell is also a room with bars that prisoners are kept in. . For 27 years, he was in prisonA place where people are kept locked up after doing something illegal. in Missouri, a state of the USAThe United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million. .
Bobby Bostic went to prison when was only 16 years old. He has never been an adult in the outside world.
And life has changed a lot since 1995. Now that he is free, it is the simple, everyday parts of life that surprise Bobby.
When he sees someone wearing wireless headphones, he thinks they are talking to themselves. He is amazed by people speaking to their phones, and their phones searching the internet and answering back.
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But the strangest thing of all is the people. In prison, people were unhappy and mean. Now, people in shops are friendly to Bobby.
Today, many think Bobby should never have spent 27 years in prison for robbery, because he was so young at the time of the crime. Even the judge who sentencedDeclare the punishment for a person who has done something wrong. him says she wishes the sentence had been shorter.
Bobby now leads a simple life. But he still says "life is beautiful". "A soak in the bathtub - I haven't taken a bath in 27 years! I don't take nothing for granted - nothing!"
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Do we need to take more joy in the ordinary?
Yes! We can all learn from Bobby. We should remember how amazing the things we do every day really are.
No! It is the extraordinary things in life that bring us the most joy. Things that happen every day often become boring.
Keywords
Cell - Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things. A cell is also a room with bars that prisoners are kept in.
Prison - A place where people are kept locked up after doing something illegal.
USA - The United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million.
Sentenced - Declare the punishment for a person who has done something wrong.
What you notice after 10,000 nights in a cell
Freedom: Over 400 people welcomed Bostic home – "They were lined up around the block." Glossary
Cell - Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things. A cell is also a room with bars that prisoners are kept in.
Prison - A place where people are kept locked up after doing something illegal.
USA - The United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million.
Sentenced - Declare the punishment for a person who has done something wrong.