Take a Chance on Yourself

Jun 1, 2025

Written By Pearce Wagener

I came from a place of deep darkness. Things felt hopeless. I felt hopeless. Violence surrounded me in my home and outside the house. The feeling of oppression kept me down so that I couldn’t move. I finally exploded in violence, landed in prison, and rightly so.

By the grace of God, and little by little, I turned my life around. Rather than take chances with other people’s lives, I took a chance on myself. (You have to learn to love yourself first.)

I had some setbacks, but also many successes. They were small at first. Those small successes gave me room to build and grow. My change did not happen over night, but the difference is as obvious as night and day.

Pearce Wagener
V77330 / D16-A203-2L
P. O. Box 409089
Ione, CA 95640

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