So...this week we got a visit from the Honorable Gilbert P. Self, Circuit Court judge for Lauderdale County. pretty interesting. i learned a lot of new stuff, for instance about how the fact that lady liberty holds a book of law is paradoxical; one wouldn't think that law gives liberty, but it does. Also, we were given a couple of life lessons, which i guess are always useful. basically, keep track of where you are and where you're heading. "keep your guard up" and don't get lost in the world of secularism. if you truly want to be happy in life, go outside your comfort zone. if you play it safe and only do what is comfortable, then are you really living? unless that's all you, in which case God bless and have fun with that. but if you're gonna go for the challenge, you need to have backbone to do what is right. don't let others talk you into doing something you know isn't right.
as a judge, the Honorable Self gets to deal with the "underbelly of the community". that may sound glamorous, but i'm sure it's not. i mean, yea, everyone wants to be this awesome crime solver who puts nasty criminals behind bars and save peoples' lives. that's possible. but there's always a bad part to every job. if there's no bad you can't properly appreciate the good. of course it's good that cruel humans are put in prison, but life isn't black and white. how do you know if the sentence is too harsh, or not harsh enough? being a judge must be incredibly hard, and i commend the Honorable Self for it. it takes guts, and backbone, to get up in front of everyone, especially the convicted's family, and denounce the convicted for crimes if guilty. it takes equal amount of guts and backbone to proclaim someone innocent if the public opinion is against them.
life is full of decisions and choices. the hard part is picking the right ones.
-aly<3
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