"I chose my friends poorly, and your friends have a tendency to rub off on you. And so I started making poor decisions. The next night I made a plan of how to do it, and I did it. And I didn't get caught doing it, [but] I got caught afterwards."
"I pretty much thought that my life as I knew it was going to be over, and I had decided that the world would be better off without me in it. But just in that moment when I was ready to do it, I heard a voice coming from the top left corner of my cell."
"I wish I could tell you that I remember the [exact] words that he said to me, but what I remember is that his words landed with me, and instead of wanting my life to be over, suddenly I saw hope."
At 22, Jay felt isolated and made poor choices influenced by his friends. After breaking into a chemistry building, he was detained and contemplated suicide. In his cell, a neighboring inmate offered to pray for him, which sparked a change in Jay's perspective. He realized he needed support and felt a sense of hope from the prayer, shifting his desire to end his life into a newfound appreciation for living.
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