04/23/2017
Long live Aaron Hernandez, always and forever. That is the essence of what John 3:16 means, eternal life. Aaron will live on in our minds and in his daughter's veins. Hopefully Aaron is reunited with his father, whom he very much needed and missed growing up. Who knows, perhaps with his father's guidance Aaron wouldn't have had as many behavioral issues which were his ultimate demise.
Being that I'm from a similar demographic as Aaron, I related to him in that sense and felt really saddened by him not pulling through out of his difficult situation, instead opting to take his own life. Many great tributes have already been made, but I still wanted to make my own homage. This is in part because whenever I've had personal woes, I would recall cases such as Aaron Hernandez's and selfishly think to myself, "Well I'm in a really bad position or I messed up this time...but at least I haven't landed in jail like Aaron Hernandez, who seemingly had it all but now lost his freedom." These thoughts, for better or for worse, have helped me through rough patches.
I always wished and thought Aaron would eventually regain his freedom though. For reasons we can only speculate on, he unfortunately wasn't strong enough to continue the journey.
To his detractors I can only say that you should not judge him as you were not there when the crimes he was charged with were committed. Even if he was guilty on all counts, no man deserves to die in the mental and physical agony that Aaron Hernandez resorted to in a successful albeit tragic attempt to escape his reality. I can only try and somewhat understand why someone under these tough circumstances would take this desperate route.
It is said that the highest beacon humanity can reach is not that of justice, but one step further, that being compassion. I feel that way towards Aaron, a man who I never met. I feel we should be less judgemental and try to be more compassionate and understanding, especially towards people like Mr. Hernandez, who allegedly hurt others.
It is them, offenders, who need the most help from society. Instead of wishing Aaron a heavy punishment in the form of a long sentence, imagine if we as a collective society had wished him rehabilitation in the form of a better environment and treatment. Perhaps in that scenario he wouldn't have felt enough hopelessness as to feel the need to hang himself and leave behind a daughter who will grow up without a father, in the same fashion in which he grew up without one.
Long live Aaron Hernandez, we won't soon forget you friend. Although I am not particularly devout, I hope for what is alluded on verse John 3:16 to manifest itself onto Aaron, and he obtains the eternal life he expected.
Long live Aaron Hernandez, always and forever. That is the essence of what John 3:16 means, eternal life. Aaron will live on in our minds and in his daughter...
