It still makes such an impact on me, so i thought id start out with this as my first entry in 2010:
Madonna & 2nd chances
For those that think I am stupid for giving others 2nd chances: perhaps I am. perhaps a part of me still believes ( naive? maybe.): it is a chance and a risk I take. Yes, I have had people take advantage of my ability to forgive, and hurt me again and again. But i will put it this way: God has shown his love to me when i had most needed it. and He had forgiven me when i had needed it. So i will continue to show my love for those who need it, and forgive them as well...and I hope they will do the same for me. I believe we are all humans, and i believe we all make mistakes. I believe in the bad and the demons in people...but I also believe in the good in people. I believe in 2nd chances. On an individual basis, it is not necessarily what they do to be called a "good person" or "good friend"...but it is what that person does with the 2nd chance ( call it hope or love) you give them that i believe determines if they are a good person or a good friend. If they take that 2nd chance for granted, and depending on the situation, a possible 3rd chance (although i dont expect much after that), then they deserve the distance i put between us. If they appreciate that 2nd chance, then yeah, i will continue to believe in them.
I had recently given a friend a 2nd chance. There are those who shake their head and tell me that friend will just end up doing the same thing again...so why bother. Why? because i want to believe in her, the way i want to believe in the good in people, and the only way to find out is to give it a try. Because i dont want to take advantage of the possibly good people God places in my life, and because i dont want to live a life with a trashcan full of broken glasses. What an ugly world we end up living in if we lose faith in the good in people, what an ugly world it is without 2nd chances.
In case her speech has been forgotten already, here is from my scrapbook:
Madonna gave one of the best Goddamn speeches on Michael Jackson ever. (sorry, there is a 25 sec Jay-Z commercial before it. Can't erase it)
( if the video doesnt work, this wonderful speech can be found:
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