Feeling Persecuted? Two people and four questions for choosing differently
Do you feel unappreciated? Did you get passed over for a position or opportunity you deserved? Maybe you’ve been punished for doing the right thing or, even worse, for reasons you don’t understand at all. I know of two people who faced greater challenges and chose differently. These two people didn’t just get punished, demoted or fired. They were imprisoned. One for life for doing right. The other sentenced to death for no good reason.* Nelson Mandela watched the injustice inflicted by the apartheid system of South Africa and set about changing the system. For his stance he was sentenced to life at the Robben Island prison with hard labor. For doing the right thing he faced a life of breaking rocks in the limestone quarry and confinement in a small cell. Most people in his situation define their context as prison and themselves as prisoner. Mandela made a different choice. In his 18 years on “The Island” he mentored many other young activists and political prisoners. He was s...