a fresh start.
a clean slate.
it may not be obvious but that is what is given to us every second, every moment. a fresh start. a clean slate.
think about it. when was the last time you committed a blunder you felt your world was about to end? when was the last time you made a mistake, you felt that you would never recover?
did the world come crashing down on that very instant? did the walls come tumbling down? did the ground shake and open its cracks to swallow us whole, did the churning sea send out a devastating wave to drown us or the mighty heavens roar in righteous anger?
NOPE.
even during moments when we feel lost and alone, such feelings will soon pass. when we compose ourselves and allow our emotions to settle down, we realize, there is something bigger than our mistake. there is someone bigger than our problem. there is someone more overwhelming than our tragedy.
OURSELVES.
we are bigger than any mistake. we are greater than any problem. we are more overwhelming than any tragedy.
whatever may happen, we will endure.
so what if you got a failing grade during the midterm? so what if you are already the frontrunner for Mr. & Ms. Tardiness for the third term? so what if you haven’t even seen our blog? so what if you've been wasting the past 15+ years of your life?
that was THEN.
NOW is um… well, for lack of a better term, NOW.
now, you are given the chance. in fact it’s more than a chance, it’s an opportunity. hey, let’s go even further. it’s not only an opportunity, it’s a GIFT.
why? nature never gives you second chances. in a jungle world, survival of the fittest is the only law. eat or be eaten. kill or be killed. no if’s, no but’s. no “sir kasi, traffic” no “sir, i wasn’t able to wake up.”
having a second chance is not a right but a GIFT. if it is a gift, it comes from someone special. as with all gifts, it comes from someone who believes in you, probably more than you believe in yourselves.
thankfully, we have a God who believes in us, infinitely more than we believe in Him.
*for a related entry, see my own personal blog at http://woodpaths2.blogspot.com/2005/12/faith-ful-god.html
21 comments:
If you commit a mistake or experience problems, it means God wants you to learn something. It's His way for us to learn. I've been with my boyfriend for 6 months. We've fought about everything under the sun and I can proudly say that we've surpassed all the trials God sent us. And if He'll send more, (which I know He will) we'll be ready. I'm just thankful to have a patient and loving boyfriend. I thank God for him because I know I've suffered enough in the past. I deserve happiness. Everybody does. I hope everybody does.
“Having a second chance is not a right but a GIFT. If it is a gift, it comes from someone special.”
Certainly.
I’ve come to a point that I wanted to give up and just shut down whenever problems crop up in my life. I often wonder why there are such; sometimes, I get bushed of it. But then again, everything happens for a reason, and those are the same reasons why second chances are given to us. I often take it for granted, I may say. Since I know that I could get my third, my fourth, so on. But then again, whenever I opt not to look at its significance, I detach myself from having the real sense of that gift to me.
I craft everything into non-sense.
Second chances do not tolerate our slip-ups and our shortcomings but it does make room for us to change, a chance to do better and it does make everyone LEARN. That’s the key, learn. We learn from every mistake we commit.
That through the triumph of passing second chances, we are being armored. We are taught, we gain strength, we learn and we believe.
its a great feeling knowing that we are still here in this world, and being here means that we still can be what we've been wanting to be. We are not our pasts, we live through our pasts. So every moment we have brings so much opportunities.
Lets not take these opportunities for granted. It really is a great gift.
- Ana Lopez
what if your God doesn't exist? what if our God created you out of boredom? why does your GOD choose to be silent when all else fails?
AT kung ang diyos mo marunong magmahal, wala ng mga broken hearted sa class, mga nagaaway dito o jan, o umiiyak sa mga kaibigan nila, dahil KUNG mahal ka ng diyos hindi ka nya hahayaan na masaktan ang puso't isipan mo hanggang umabot sa punto na naapektuhan na ang iyong pagkatao.
I caught my B****ex cheatin on me over sum guy and shes been my girl for 3 years. whers god on that?
8months ago...She drank cytotec to kill our 1month old kid! NASAN ANG DIYOS MO DOON?!
I know its our fault why that happen and why shes a bitch.. but still NASAN ANG DIYOS MO DOON??
8 of my good friends died...car accident yung 2, stab wound internal bleeding yung isa,suicide yung 2, at multiple gun shot wounds yung 3.. NASAN ang DIYOS mo dUN???
my mum died in agony,a couple of years back,colon cancer, and i can still hear her cries of pain everyday, every time....NOW you tell me...bakit pang kailangan pahirapan ang nanay ko ng ganon kung pwde naman syang mamatay ng wlang kahirap-hirap??
but, im not blaming your god, i just dont believe in him anymore.
....lets say i believe in me. my own spirituality. my own free will. it's always been me and a pack of good friends against the world.
BUT still, we give due respect to the figures we admire. Kung hindi dahil sa kanya, di ko ilalabas to sa blog na to...regarding God and 2nd chances that is.
what does not kill me only makes me stronger...
what does kill me will make things better..
Sabi nga ng lolo ko, "lahat naman tayo diyan papunta, una-unahan lang yan!"
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT...ASPIRE!
CARPE DIEM!
a clean slate huh.
well, God may be able to give me that. in fact, even the rest of this cruel world has given me enough second chances to revive hitler.
I, however, am an entirely different matter. i still mull over embarrassments committed when i was five. i can't forgive myself for forgetting the lyrics of some song i had to perform three years ago. i can't get over the countless times i've gotten myself tangled up in a web of my own lies.
if i were God, i'd have struck me down with lightning the moment i reached puberty and achieved the status of MOST AWKWARD. i'm not just awkward- i'm also a liar, a failure, and a hater. i don't exactly deserve a clean slate. God can be a real push-over, you know (this is said with tenderness).
here's how insane i am. i shall insanely rationalize my insanity by this insane claim: i'm punishing myself more than is necessary to compensate for God's wimpiness. so there.
Yes, chances are gifts..expensive gifts, i might say,because with chances, there are a lot of things you can do to make things better. It can help you pass an exam,recover a relationship, or even save a life. We should cherish it and make the most out of it, because chances only pass once in ablue moon. But at times things really don't go your way, so if it really wasn't meant then it would never be, but atleast you know to yourself that you've tried your best and won't have anything to regret for. =p
~mj reyes~
although i may not agree with some of the views expressed here, i'm really HAPPY and GRATEFUL that at least, YOU ARE HONEST.
so, rather than complain and terminate this blog's existence, i say, LET'S CELEBRATE!
let this blog be a space where you can be yourself, say what you want and air out your sentiments, rant out your complaints, and sieve through your emotions.
BUT, as we said in class, your actions and words affect people other than your own. so whatever you print or publish, remember, be responsible!
dear anonymous,
reading ur entry struck so much emotion in me. I can honestly say that i know not what to say to you. I cant claim to understand what you're going through because I have not experienced anything like what you have gone through.
I am not offering you any comfort because i'm not sure if that would make you feel better. You probably do not know me and I certainly do not know you. But in all honesty, I can say that I DO CARE ABOUT YOU.
Its funny how u can suddenly care about someone you do not really know.
I salute u for being so honest.
thank you for that.
every word was so true...
-michelle sy
“Having a second chance is not a right but a GIFT. If it is a gift, it comes from someone special.”
...Sir, may Tama kA!!!
Now is time, not next term... or another...this means alot to me because i'm supposed to be in 3rd yr. here in CSB, but because of my "mamaya na" attitude, I'm still in 2nd yr...if i can just turn back the time that i've wasted...but PAST IS PAST!!!there's still now and tomorrow to catch up and fulfill what we call "DESTINY"...
-Jerome Jose...
Everyday we have a fresh start. We can change things and we can do better the next time. I consider myself lucky because I still wake up every morning, there are others who might not be as lucky as we are now. Anyway I am grateful
God was very nice that He gave us lives. We should live it right. Dont give up your dreams. God is godd that He made our paths cross. I learned from you and from others.
God always has trials for me but I am glad that I was always able to pass them. I knew God is not giving us trials that we can't handle.
God sends us angels everyday. They come in different looks. And I am lucky to have my angel. she's my girlfriend. She is very suppotrive and understanding and it makes me feel happy. God knows what I need!
=-ejcastanos=-
I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to
do. I had to hurry and get to work For bills would
soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer. No time to speak of
Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with
downcast eyes. For in his hands God held a book;
It
was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
"Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down...
But never found the time"
Now do you have the time to pass it on?
*Mikey's blog (my friend)
I just wanted you guys to read it.. God is a FAITHFUL GOD.
-Joeanne Pelo
Each day, each time we encounter something we are given a fresh start. For me it is really just for us to take that opportunity for a fresh start and put it in good use.
Some people are given second chances un iba nga third pa pero they put it into waste tapos they feel that the world has betrayed them. The reality is its them who betrayed themselves. Un simpleng pag cope up sa mga bad things that we encounter in our lives is a new start na rin.
-alexander terol
well, having a second chance, especially from someone who most of the time commits mistakes in life, is very blessed. we rarely get big second chances in life and the most painful of all is when you need it the most, its simply not there anymore. for me, i have experienced a lot of these things and honestly, i dont usually get the "2nd chance" i was hoping for and probably, for some reason it wasnt given to me is because, maybe there is something more to it, something worth the pain or simply a blessing in disguise. it simply tells us that we should not live from the mistakes that we've done and expect it to be forgiven, just to repeat it again probably some time but to move on from a positive perspective and learn from what's before. through this, we move through life without the guilt of having someone or something being let down.
-johannes christian
I have been living in this whole wide world for more than 17 years old and 18 in may 1. And I have experience all of possible things that can to a person. And here I am strong, alive and smiling.
I know I'm not a perfect because nobody is perfect. Even though I did a lot of bad things like cheating in quizes specially in Math, cutting classes, drinking, etc. God always give me that "second chance" to get up and recover to heavy hangovers.
Therefore I wouldn't waste that golden opportunity God gave to me. I will work my hardest to be a better person and I know I can, put me on anything and I'll smile at the very end.
That's all, thank you
Justine Philip S. Estrella
I think we should thanks to God when we made mistakes. We can learn what is wrong and right. We can learned many things from mistakes. I think God gave us this thing for learn new things
there is no need reasons to thank for god.
we are living.
we can breath.
It's enough.
- Baek Seunghye
sometimes forgetting past mistakes can be difficult and getting that second chance would be a real load off your back. ever since failing in dlsu, i have always been branded as a failure and a bad example by some relatives.
but i always liked being around those who share the same experience. all those bad things turn into nothingness and as we try to climb back up and forget everything, then that can be our second chance.
-james ong
Everyone of us committed mistakes from the past,but God loves us so much that He is giving always giving us "second chances". It may be hard for us to forget the mistakes we've made, but we should stop looking from the past, we should take the opportunity that God has given us. And I agree with what ms. ging said..that God gave the trials and problems because He know that we can solve those problems.We may fail some times, but those failures should be the source of our strength to stand up again. And we should learn from that misake, so that when we'll face another problems, we'll know what is the right thing to do. And we should always thank God for those problems which made us stronger and ofcourse, for the second chances.
W8, correction:Everyone of us committed mistakes from the past,but God loves us so much that He is always giving us "second chances".
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