Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Chances
I truly believe in the power of giving people a second chance... Its unreal what can be accomplished if you let someone know that you believe that they are capable of change. In working with youth, you learn quickly that giving hope, encouragement and second chances may very well be the only way to get by. Everyone messes up. Some more than others, some never really stop but can't we have hope despite adversity?? Its the people in life that refuse to give first chances that never get anywhere. Take chances, give chances, abuse chances. There are, of course, exceptions to my beliefs. Shouldn't all beliefs be challenged? The exception is that there are also people that have used up all of their chances and have proven that they never deserved a second one in the first place. This is where we learn to forgive. Forgive those who walk amongst us knowing that they've abused all of their chances. As for the rest of us... Ask for a second chance, then use it wisely.
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Does we have the right to a second chance? Ofcourse the answer to that is yes. But, too many people today make the mistake of believing they are entitled.
Thats so true... My way of seeing it is that you have chances, what you choose to do with them determines what type of person you are. If you are sincere, you'll do the right thing!
"Take chances, give chances, abuse chances."
I'm a fair believer of 2nd chances, 3rd even, just because I often don't have anything to lose, and because I like giving people the benefit of the doubt.
Same. I think that we can work wonders by showing people that we trust them to mess up, then give them the chance to fix it.
Isn't that how we all learn and grow?
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