When I started writing this post, the Men’s basketball team for the University of Connecticut (Uconn) was preparing for the championship game. It was final four weekend, the pinnacle of all college basketball showcases. It was no coincidence that point guard Kemba Walker and his UConn Huskies were playing for the chip, that Monday night. It was no coincidence that they had won 5 games in 5 days to close out the conference tournament and were crowned as the Big East conference champs. Their 10 game winning streak, at the time, spoke louder than any theories about coincidence. Feel me?
I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. I acknowledge and combat spiritual warfare on a daily basis. Whenever a basketball team develops a respectable winning streak, the next game is always tougher than the last. The winning streak symbolizes the team’s commitment to achieving their ultimate goal of winning a championship. Na mean?
Everyday I’m challenged by the inevitable negativity that looms throughout this prison. This blog has been my winning streak. It’s no coincidence that certain officers are taking it upon themselves to knock me off of my game, trying diligently to distract my focus of achieving my ultimate goal. Whether it be the blatant attempts to inconvenience my peoples during visitation or the constant harassment I’m compelled to endure at the dining hall. Spiritual warfare exists in every life situation. The head games of a handful of officers will not deter my mission. Ya heard?
I have yet to reach the championship game of my current situation. I find it ironic that the UConn Huskies were seeded 9th out of 16 teams in their conference. They were heavy underdogs going into the month of March. The experts counted them out. Only the players and those close to them believed that they could do the unthinkable. Yet they shocked the world on Championship Monday (4/4/11). That’s what’s up!
On that final four weekend, I chose to shelve my 2500 calorie diet as a means of sustaining my winning streak. You see, the dinning hall’s diet line had become an open door for some officers to harass death row prisoners. It’s like the watering hole in the wild. If you wanna drink, you gotta show up, but there’s always this risk of you getting more than your fill of water. Na mean?
I know for some it may be logical to think a prisoner deserves to be mistreated. I also know that the thought of my being a blogger is inconceivable to the vast majority I mean, I am on death row. So, I can somewhat understand that degree of skepticism, but this is no hoax people. My transmission is real. I’m a heavy underdog, no doubt, but I’m prepared to defy the odds. That’s why I don’t’ have a problem writing this before the championship results are in. Even if the UConn Huskies Men’s basketball team had lost to the Butler Bulldogs, they would have still had a championship story etched in the minds of the sports world. Na mean?
As for my Championship Game, you just keep reading this blog. The results may shock the experts, but I promise the outcome won’t be a coincidence. Word is bond!
Keep on Keepin,
MannofStat
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