Second Chances

"People need a chance to go back and fix things, make things right, but should they be given a second chance?"

You contradicted yourself. Second chances are important in life. If there weren't second, third, fourth, thirtieth chances, then many of the 'luxuries' in life that we adore would not be here. Cell phones, computers, cars, clothes, houses, hospitals, stores, etc. The people and the thinking that went into creating all those and many more wonderful things came about after several 'chance' encounters and experiments. Hel the most basic element, electric power, came about because one guy was determined to give his idea another chance...his first several hundred attempts weren't working. Just imgine if he had been given one chance to get it all right. Suckage.

You are speaking more of granting second chances based on circumstances and even then, depending on the severity of the event, there is nothing wrong with extending open arms and a bit of faith to trust the individual or entity to do the right thing the next time. It's about trust my friend. The real question is, how much trust do you have in others?

I was more referring more to second chances based on human actions not really on one's ideas. Cause I defiantly see your point in second chances on ideas.

I have talked about this with more and more people over the the last few days and the overall response was "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me."

So in the end I guess you are right, it all comes down to trust! Do you trust in that person, that entity, and most importantly in yourself to make the right decision and not be "fooled again."

I believe everyone deserves not just a second chance but as many oppurtunities as possible to learn from their past actions and mistakes. Sometimes people don't even realize they are even hurting anyone by what they say or do and if they do they are just not informed well enough of certain situations.

Anyone can make the same mistakes a million times, but just as long as a person is trying is all that I feel is important to make life splendid.

I feel I deserve a second chance in many things, and that learning from my mistakes is probably harder than not making them again, but is always worth more than not trying at all.