Which one do you prefer (or which is applicable to you): If it’s meant to be, it will be
or If
you want it, go for it?
Some say you have to wait for the right time to get what you
want. “Sa tamang panahon.” But what
if you just have to go and get it, or the moment might pass you by?
Sometimes in life, there are no second chances. Sometimes,
there’s not even a first. In love, someone said it’s better to put your heart
on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe.
It’s better to be scared, or embarrassed, or hurt, because it means you took your
chances.
I have always been a believer in that thing called love. No
matter how many times I fell and blew it, no matter how many times I got hit and died, I
would always recover and bounce back. True, it would scare you to the point
that you will no longer want to live, laugh and love again. I
tried both ways – in looking for the one person for me among eight billion
people, 1) I waited for the right time and 2) I went for it. Hit or miss. Trial
and error. There’s no right formula. You just have to suck it or f*ck off. It’s
just the way things are. Otherwise, you will never know. And you will never
find that elusive “forever.”
“Sometimes the course
of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat,
when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you
never get a chance again.”
― Aidan Chambers,
Dying to Know You
I believe in taking chances. There are those things that
might happen only once, and those chances that just might never happen again. And
if you do get lucky, I believe in second chances – whether in love, or in life in
general. You may have made some bad decisions in life and you regretted most of
them. But that’s just half of the story. The other half is during that time,
you were happy. And during that time, that was what you wanted. Either way, you
learn your lessons. And you become a better person. You learn to make better
decisions. In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take. Oprah Winfrey
said, “When you get the chance, go for it!”
“You don’t want to
wake up and realize you could have been happy, that the risks would have been
worth it, but you dwindled away your chances.”
― Sarah Noffke,
Revived
And when you are given that rare second chance, as not
everybody deserves it, take it and don’t waste it. It may not guarantee a happy ending or
a “forever”, but just the same, it is an opportunity to make things right, or
make things better. To live smarter. To
laugh more. To love harder.
Thank you for giving me a second chance.
Happy Valentine's, everyone!
Happy Valentine's, everyone!
~TheGoodGirl
