Wisdom of a Parole Violator

"Rarely is coming to prison a good thing, but if it's for 120 days and affords you the opportunity to take another shot at life, it isn't so bad... I'm genuinely grateful to be in here right now. Some people are disciplined and fortunate enough to get off parole without every violating, but I believe it is a process, and as long as I get there and learn as much as I can from my mistakes, who knows, maybe in the long run it would have served me better to violate than to never commit any infractions, and believe erroneously that I am untouchable. I will never downplay my mistakes because I have messed up and deserve to be in here, but at the same time I see the error in my ways and may not have realized it had I not been held accountable."