Highway to Happy

(written after screaming and jumping at the sound of the buzzer. perhaps, 2 weeks ago.)

Have you ever wondered what could have been if you had the power to turn back time?

What would you choose to be done? Or be undone?

In an hour, you could have attended the class you missed…

In a minute, you could have picked up your wallet you left at home this morning…

In a second, you could have hopped in the train you missed…

A few days ago, 5 men were given this rare opportunity. They lived 5.5 seconds of their lives twice. On their first roll, they blew it. On their second, though, they made the shot, won the game and saved a lot of hearts from breaking.

My point here isn’t that DLSU beat UST.

Neither it is that they were, in one perspective, able to turn back the hands of time.

My shallow and obvious point is: in life, we have our share of second chances. They may not be as literal as seconds ticking back in the game clock, but we all have our second trys.

Unfortunately, we usually just let them pass by.

For those young men in the court, it was an unheard buzzer that game them a second shot. For some of us, it could have been a call from a friend you had argued with, an extension of a deadline, an unheard of holiday that gave you more allowance to meet obligations.

It could be as plain as a repeat of a supposedly one night concert you missed or as unbelievable as a miracle of a loved one’s healing.

We all have our second chances. Some take them; some don’t recognize them; some are too tired to give it another shot.

We all have our second chances. But chances are nothing but a rerun of questions we once upon a time already answered. It’s just like our mom trying to ask us the same thing when she knows we’re lying, giving us the chance to spill the truth after we lied.

We all have our second chances. But the questions is, “Are we playing it smarter the next time around?”

For the Archers, the answer was a roaring yes.

For the rest of us, though, is it going to be a yes, too? Or a blank face? Or a hell no?

# posted by Liana : 9:52 PM