When Ben Affleck was receiving the award for Best Director at the
BAFTA's he said as he raised his trophy this one is for all the
people who gave him a second chance. And that set me thinking how lucky those
are who get a second chance in life are. How many people would have the
opportunity in the same lifetime, for a second chance?
There are so many people,
who deserve a second chance, and are given one. Second chance is one
of the best things that life can give you, it makes you believe again, gives
you a clean slate to start again. Makes you feel you can start your life over.
When a second chance comes
knocking on your door, many times it not disguised as opportunity and
therefore is hard to recognise. There are times when many may have looked away
thinking "I don't know this... I don't recognise it" or “Could this
be for real?"
It takes strength, courage
and belief to actually make a second change a reality. To recognise it’s
appearance, to believe in it’s strength and to make a go of it. Second
chance can give you all that you want and more, and the fact that you may
be able to lead more than one lifetimes experience in one life. How fantastic
is that.
So raising my glass to all those how have believed and had the benefits’
of a second chance and to all those who are still waiting.
Hmmmm...got me thinking now (very bad)...Do we recognise the 2nd chance "then and there", enough to say "hello, 2nd Chance come on in"?
ReplyDelete...or is it in more often in hindsight that we realise that the success or the new path you may find yourself on actually came from the newfound belief we had, an increased drive, a new sense of clarity and / or the luck that came along - all of which we now realise started from that knocking sound at the door? So really when is a second chance really recognised...? when it appears or somewhere along the path of fulfilment of that chance...or indeed long after the event when things have gone 'off plan' that we think...what if i had answered that door and welcomed that chance in to my life....