To Pran and Issaranon, my darling children:
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Daddy moved from the Initial Entry Zone to Zone 4. In Zone 4, Daddy has met up with old friends in on ordinary cases whom he was locked up with before. Many have not yet been released. And Daddy has met up with old-timer wardens whom he knows well. Of course, before this, Daddy was imprisoned for 7 months in 2021. So there’s nothing to adjust to.
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In the Initial Entry Zone, before Daddy moved, in the morning after bathing and getting ready to go to court, Daddy often watched a flock of birds who flew down to look for food in the field in the Zone. Around 200 birds would hover down and land at the same time and walk around looking for food. Daddy noticed one bird in that flock who did not walk, but jumped and flew for short periods to search for food. Daddy sat and watched him for a beat. And then noticed that he was missing one of his legs. So he uses the method of jumping and flying while his friends walk. After a time the whole flock flies away and not a single bird is left.
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Sometimes the things we do not have are not as important as those that we have. What birds have that other animals do not are wings that let them fly. Wings are the key thing that makes this bird still a complete bird, even though he has a disabled leg. He is still able to live his life with what he has. He is not despondent with what he does not have. Daddy is like that bird. Even though right now Daddy does not have his freedom, Daddy’s beautiful thoughts and dreams are flying far and wide now, like the free wings of that bird are now flying in people’s hearts.
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If you see a flock of birds flying in the sky, Daddy wants you to think of his words that, “Some of the things you do not have are not as important as those that you have.” And so you should live your life like that bird, live like a bird of freedom.
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My love and thoughts to my two children –
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Arnon Nampa
