A "Black Swan Event" is when the unexpected occurs, causing a huge mindshift and change in how the world works. People never imagined that Black Swans existed, until the discovery of the first Black Swan... (as per book "The Black Swan", by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007, that sold over 3 million copies)

Is a perception change the next Black Swan Event? Consider that by changing perception we might change the world. Look at everyday things from different angles. Find beauty in the unexpected...
Change our thinking, change our actions, change our world!

See that all people are part of God's puzzle and have something to give. Black swans do exist. The ugly duckling was actually a swan who needed to discover himself and where he fitted and be who he was meant to be. To the last, the lost and the least, you are beautiful as you are.
May all who visit this page feel God's touch and experience His blessing...

Saturday 31 August 2013

What Does a Second Chance Look Like?

I believe in giving people second chances. I know that God gives people second chances. But what does a second chance look like in the world we live in?

For example, perhaps you said and did quite a few wrong things to your colleagues at work and your manager fired you. You now have to find another company that will hire you, but your record says that you were fired. Or it is even possible that you approach your previous manager again after a few months, wholly repentant, and you ask for another opportunity to prove your worth. In any of these scenarios, you will count yourself fortunate if you are given a second chance to work in that line of work again and to make things work out.

But what will your second chance look like? Your record shows the mistakes that you are prone to make and perhaps you are prone to repeat patternd of behaviour you are unable to shake. Perhaps you are even unable to totally see where you are going wrong, but you know something is amiss and needs to change. Your second chance may be couched in tough terms, for example, the manager may say you may work here, but these are the conditions you must work under and after three months we will give you more freedom in your role, but this is a necessary probation period to prove that you have changed. Will you take this opportunity, which is a seocnd chance, though it might look like a set of confining conditions, or do you walk away?

Second chances in this world don't necessarily mean all is forgiven and the slate is wiped clean and you are free to start from scratch again. People may have been hurt. People have long memories. Second chances sometimes mean you have to prove yourself and to start below where you started out initially. You have to earn trust. You have to show you are repentant and that you have changed.

Don't waste the second chances you are given because they seem to have too strict conditions attached. You were at fault and you need to make amends and to work for your freedom. People may understand that you have been through a tough life and that you may have patterns that need to change, but they will not accept, at least not more than a few times, continual negative patterns of destructive behaviour that impact others. You have a choice--you can change. Recognise that this opportunity may never come your way again and work hard to show you can break through the barriers of the past, and change your limiting behaviour patterns. Grab hold of your second chances when they come your way.

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