What are your thoughts on second chances?

Question

I don't know why, but every time I mess up...second chances are presented to me.

It feels I'm always on the edge.

And I think, 'How'd I get so lucky?' because I don't deserve them.

Answer 1

I wouldn't say that second chances are things based upon merit. I think they are things based upon empathy. We have within us the capacity to feel empathy and sympathy for others, and it is this that allows us to put ourselves in other people's shoes and recognize that if we were in that situation, we would probably want a second chance. Of course, the degree to which this fits us varies on the person and situation.

I would challenge this idea that you get a second chance every time. It might seem that way, but I'm sure if you were to really analyze things, you would soon discover or remember mistakes you've made where you've had to deal with the consequences.

All in all, though, second chances are nice things, and I make it a point to offer them as often as I can without robbing someone of the lesson to be learned.

Answer 2

You are lucky, not everyone have a second chance.

However, you should not depend too much on your luck because you will run out of luck one day.

Answer 3

America is all about 2nd chances. In theory.

Answer 4

Every day that you live is a second chance.  

I think that's what the movie Groundhog Day was all about. Making the most out of your second chances.   So in affect after the character realized he was stuck in one day he made the most of it with his "first chance."  Huh?

I hope you get this the first time cause I know I won't get a second chance on this one.

Answer 5

the way i see it, there is only one chance.  every couple, with your parents, your friends, etc.  every second, third, whatever chance is an offshoot of that one chance you got after they decided to befriend you, care for you, whatever.  you can wear patience, you can **** up so bad they dont speak to you for awhile, but they never stopped loving you enough to throw you away- all they want is an apology and realistic change.  the things they don't like about you they will never.  an ultimatum is another way of saying let's pretend we just met and start over minus your flaws.  but time still passes, the past is still the past.  when the day comes that they decide to throw you way, that's when that chance is over.  in every venture, it is an endless game of trial-and-error.  too many variables.  there is an A, a B, and a long line of tangents and dead ends.  B in a relationship is either death, or someone walking away.  and yeah, you are pretty lucky.

Answer 6

i believe everyone is due a second chance,we all make mistakes!

Answer 7

thers a saying that goes"forgving is moving on to the future but just becasue you forgive does not mean you have to accept it  

Answer 8

Second chances are even better than first ones because you see it as an undeserved gift that you are lucky to get and therefore have to make the most of it to repay back that undeservedness with interest .

Answer 9

Everyone gets second chances...

but in some cases, there are times when you may not get another chance.. so its best to stick with the 1st chance

Answer 10

It's karma when our errors come back around for us to make them right.

It's grace because it's more than we deserve.

Answer 11

well, i'm afraid it would depend on the offense, personally.

injury done to me, i'm fairly easy with the second chances

but if you do harm to someone i love, then as "untranscendent" as it is of me, i've yet to find that i could salvage forgiveness

i love with my entire being, and as such am undeniably over protective.

"mess" with me if you so desire, but i don't forget what is done to the people i care about

Answer 12

Everyone deserves a second chance.  Hopefully you will have learned from past mistakes.  Third chances though ... probably not!

Answer 13

Well, you are implying that second chances are somewhat unnatural, unnecessary, fortuitous, ethically inconsistent, and so on.

It has nothing to do with you "Deserving" second chances due to any particular merit. The only criteria/merit for the eligibility of a second chance is the universal qualification that humankind is flawed--and requires the deductions of trial and error in order to improve.

Thence, there is nothing wrong with a second chance; only with a non-second chance.

We all make mistakes.

Answer 14

...second chances are well deserved...it reinforces the belief...there is

hope, when all else is loss...

...they come at all times in ones life...when you recognize this opportunity and make amends...share the wealth and be a happier person...

...thanks for asking...

Answer 15

It will simply depend on the circumstances. In certain circumstances it will simply be stupidity and in some best way forward is second chances, even third and forth . . .

I don't know what you mean by 'I'm always on the edge'. However well in a way you might be getting lucky. It's a fact attractive people get special tretment and more attention.

So I'm a guy not hard for me to realize that you are.   :-) Also you seem very friendly and outgoing. You can take your pick.