“Do you know the reason why fellas liked hanging around me? It is because I made them feel appreciated and respected. If you were a scary fella but you are good at stealing cars, then be good at that. This is where your respect is coming from. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members.” RespectAppreciationRebellionFriendshipsGangstersRebellion RaidersSense Of BelongingGang InterventionAt Risk YouthGang PreventionFeeling WantedSecond FamilyWanting To BelongFeeling AppreciatedGang RecruitmentStreet FamilySurrogate FamilyYouth GroupsFeeling SpecialGang LeaderReaching Young People Book:The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father Source: The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“I ain't ever felt special my whole life." "What did you feel?" "Hard to explain. Felt like the opposite of special. Like a big black void moving through the world. Empty, if not for all the people trying to fill it with their own judgments on me." "The thing about voids, Charlie Brunton, is ain't nothing inside of them but light they can't figure out how to free.” JudgmentEmptinessVoidOrdinarinessSpecialnessFeeling Special Book:Sky Full of Elephants Source: Sky Full of Elephants