Would it be any different?

This time of the year, a lot of people review how the year was and what could be different. We all are blessed with the gift of hind-sight but fore-sight? Not so much. We promise not to repeat certain mistakes in the New Year and endeavour to avoid certain company that could potentially be more stagnating than progressive. We give ourselves the luxury of a second chance, as many as we can afford with ourselves and in truth, we deserve as many second chances as there possibly is. Last year was probably not “the year” and neither was this year, but next year could be that year or the year after that or the one after that. So would next year be any different? Would we do things differently? Would we improve or change? These questions could hamper many a soul in the search of a second chance (or 3^rd or 4^th chance as the case may be). The only option left to any human who is still alive and willing to live is to try again, as many times as possible. It may be the job or career, the dream house or personal projects; it may be in that relationship you just can seem to get over. It could be a habit you want to drop or one you want to pick up, a new skill you have tried to acquire, a certification or just a level of expectation you may have set for yourself or others have set for you. Would you succeed in it next year? I do not know, but what I know and I am sure you know it too is that, we just have to try. In the words of Marshall Matters aka Eminem “success is my only modaf*%kin option, failure is not”. So do not be disheartened by the failures and short-comings of 2013 0r all other previous years. You are still alive and you can still achieve it.

Was the previous trail any success? Did I try as hard as I should have? Was it meant to be? Or was it just a phase? Is there anything I could have done different? Is it over? All these questions (and more) continue to meddle with the option of actually trying again and proffers more than one rational reason not to go down the road already travelled, and most times it is the wise voice in our head that says “one more time”, that we tend to listen to. We want to try again, because we are creatures of 2^nd chances. We never give up and even if the alternative may seem pleasing and safe, not knowing what would have been, if we tried a little harder drives us back unto this said road. May be for closure or just to figure out what went wrong or what was missing. The puzzle is and can only be solved ultimately by trying and trying and trying.

The second chance may have the same outcome as the first and that could be a very demoralizing factor, but you can’t stop, you shouldn’t, you could only hope that one day you figure it all out. But, till then, we all have to live and keep on keeping on.