{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"779."10 years\u2026 one promise\u2026 I was going to change my life in every way possible." - Nathan Elser -","description":" Nathan Elser\u2019s words: \u201cIt was 2016. I was in Cell Block 16, locked in an 8x10 concrete cell 23 hours a day. My cellmate was a young dude who looked like a drugged-out Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High \u2014 detoxing and fighting demons, physically and mentally. I'd stare into the polished piece of metal bolted to my cell wall, the closest thing to a mirror, and look at the shell of a person I'd become. And I made a promise: I was going to change my life in every way possible. \u201cI'm sharing this because somewhere out there is a kid or someone out there who thinks their life is already decided. -       Maybe their parents don't give a sh*t about them. -       Maybe they're surrounded by the wrong people. -       Maybe they've made terrible decisions. -       Maybe they feel like they're too far gone. -       They're not. -       A bad hand doesn't mean you have to play the rest of your life with it. -       Your past can explain where you came from \u2014 it doesn't get to decide where you're going. -       Never give up on yourself. -       I didn't."   You are welcome to contact Nathan Elser on facebook.   ","author_name":"You Just Have To Laugh","author_url":"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/david-naster","html":"