by Jesus, Santa Cruz
Have you ever been in any kind of situation when someone or even yourself is asking or even begging for a second chance? I’m pretty sure we all have at some point in our life. We all make mistakes that we will regret at some point. I have, and I’ve been in so many different kinds of situations where I’m the one asking for another chance or for forgiveness.
The most common situation that we all have as humans is in relationships. This situation can happen to us at any time, and more than likely it will or already has.
The relationship situation I had that I’m gonna tell you about happened about two years ago. I gave a second chance to my ex and I forgave her for cheating on me with my friend. Before I gave her a second chance, I thought about it for a couple of days about why she deserved the second chance. In those days, I thought that she deserved the second chance because she regretted it. She was honest about it and because if she didn’t want to be with me, she wouldn’t even bother or beg for a second chance. I forgave her and gave her a second chance, but it didn’t feel the same. I guess because deep inside of me I had hatred of what she did. So after a few weeks, I let her go.
What I learned from giving a second chance is that sometimes it won’t feel the same. It won’t go back and fix the mistake that was done. But with that second chance that you give, it will mature the person up and they will think about the consequences of their actions. I know this by personal experience. I’ve learned from the things I’ve been through. Every experience has been a lesson I had to go through to be a more mature and experienced person.
I personally think that everyone deserves to be forgiven and deserves to get a second chance in any kind of situation. I think this because when someone gets a second chance they think about their consequences and most likely they won’t make that same mistake again. They will hopefully learn from their mistake and improve themselves and give advice to their loved ones to not do the same mistake as they did. Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes because we don’t want to be in the steps they were in.
Everyone deserves a second chance no matter who he or she is. We got to open our hearts to our community and start giving second chances to make a change in this generation.