Another Chance

You know you could have added Whitney to the mix, right?

But to answer your question, I honestly believe that I’m given another chance everyday to get things right, to become the person God wants me to be, and live the life he created me for.

When I read the question, I couldn’t really think of any major mishaps in my life…..when i make mistakes, I apologize and move on. Sometimes, unfortunately, those same mistakes are made again. I may say the wrong thing at the wrong time to a loved one, fail to speak up for myself, or overeat at a family gathering.

Now these may seem minor in comparison to the list you mentioned above, but the consequences can be just as detrimental.

What’s important for me is that I recognize when I make these mistakes because change can only commence with recognition and confession.

For this reason, I’ve learned to be patient with myself and others. Mistakes, broken promises, and inconsistencies are going to happen.Some will be small and others large like the ones you mentioned above….but they’re all apart of life and growing. What’s most important is that I learn from them….

Sure, I practice doing the right thing, saying positive affirmations, and encouraging others, but there are times when I certainly miss the mark. and often times, this singular instances have the greatest impact. Take an accident that occurred because a woman looked back at her children or the woman that made a mistake and left her wedding ring in the mall bathroom while washing her hands.

Now, these don’t really compare to what you mentioned…but I guess in someways they do. What they have in common is really a lapse of judgement….and this happens for all of us from time to time.

And I’m not sure what we’ll do with the lesson we learned after having such lapes. Hopefully, we’ll learn something, but to promise and/or commit to never do XYZ or never let XYZ happen again is, in my opinion, an unreasonable expectation.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s easy to say anything, but I honestly will never know what I’ll do in a given situation until it arises and since I don’t know what the future will bring, I take each day as it comes, asking God to help me make the best decisions at the appropriate time, to help me become more like him because I am only human.

I think Danielle really said all that can be said on this subject. I have not done anything to anyone or in a circumstance that I would consider a “huge” lapse of judgment, however, I do look at the circumstance of having my son when I was a teenager as being some what irresponsible on my part. For a long time, it seemed like I was always trying to “make up” for becoming a mom too early by doing things I knew my parents wanted me to do. My parents wanted me to go to college and graduate, I did that, and I went on to get another degree. It was only until recently that I realized that I can’t do anything to make others happy, I have to do it for myself.

Some ppl are given second and third chances. I think for most parents becoming a gandparent is their second change. I think that Mike Vick should have been reinstated. Did he not pay only his debt to society but fatten the pockets of his own “dream team”? I do somewhat feel sorry for O J but he did not know how to stay under the radar. He still in his mind ,thought he had entitlment to go to the same resturants and play golf at the same country club. He couldn’t even try to convince us by dating a(ny) black women. Once he went “white” he never went back. Who get’s a life sentenance for stealing your own stuff back and was not the one with the gun but got thrown under the bus? To me that is his fault but in Mike Vick’s case I want to believe that he did not know right from wrong. Didn’t Mike’s own “father figure” clean out the garage when he was younger and let him fight the dogs. I bet you a dollar Mike didn’t look at his dad and say “is this legal”. LOL. Of course it depends on the crime if we get a second chance or not.
Whitney does deserve a second chance because she was “self destructing” and althogh she hurt her career and her family she hurt herself the most. Welcome back Whitney. In Whit’s case Clive did not give up on her but don’t tell me he did not have provisions. I think he told her if you don’t get rid of “BBBBBBOOOOOOBBBBBBBY!! I can’t help you be the come back kid. Even Britney Spears has not come back IMO, her fans are just as crazy as she was/is. Too many ppl IDOL other ppl and forget about GOD.

I don’t know if I can agree. I have given my man a second chance after an affair that produced a child and he is still not respecting me. Now I have to give myself a second chance to let it go and move on.

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