prozacmorning:

I believe in Ben Solo’s Redemption. As an RN I have worked in some unconventional settings; namely as the head nurse for a Juvenile Detention center. I met a lot of kids that society would determine as beyond hope, beyond redemption. Maybe some of them were. But many of them had just ended up doing dumb things. Robbery, drugs, got into fights at school, runaways….and they assumed they were irredeemable even if their offenses were minor. Some of them had done worse, and in knowing that they were facing longer sentences, would just continue to “do bad things” in jail and make it worse because they simply believed there was no going back.

I told them there was always a way back. Who they were now doesn’t have to be who they are tomorrow. That it was never too late to turn back and do the right thing. They aren’t “bad kids” unless they decide to be.

And you would be surprised how much their outlook on life changed the moment someone gave them a reason to believe in themselves.

I’m aware that Kylo Ren’s crimes far exceed the crimes of real-life kids in the Midwest, but Star Wars is also fictional, so…

That’s why I believe in redemption stories. Sometimes when you can’t find the strength to believe in yourself, all you need is one person to have that belief, and suddenly you can do anything.