A Second Chance

Do you immediately put someone out of your life for a mistake or, do you give them a second chance? Should everyone be allowed another chance, or is it one and done?

I guess I’m a super lenient person, but I will always give someone a second chance. There is good in every one of us. Sometimes, it takes a mistake to find the good in some people.

Since humans are imperfect, mistakes are inevitable. We are inclined to fall from grace and it’s only by the power of our will that we don’t fall more often. And when we do, we create victims of our poor choices.

There are people in my life now who wouldn’t be if I hadn’t been given a second chance. I made some unfortunate mistakes in the past. Some of the people I hurt didn’t allow me back into their lives. That is their right and I respect that.

There are people in my life now who I gave a second chance. Although the pain they dealt me cut through to my soul, I gave them a chance to apologize and be a better person. And our friendship is closer now than it’s ever been because of the pain of our past.

Sometimes it takes time for a person to change, but I believe everyone deserves a second chance. Nobody should be judged by the rumors of their past. They aren’t that person anymore. I’m not who I was five years ago, or ten years ago or twenty years ago.

I’m so grateful that I gave the second chances to the ones I did. A couple of them have become my dearest friends that I wouldn’t want to live without. If my life were in their hands I would have no worries. Yet, there was a time when I wouldn’t have wanted to give them a drop of water to drink.

Life is too short to hold a grudge or anger. In my life, I will give anyone a chance who shows they are trying to be a better person. I would want the same chance if roles were reversed.