One Shot

One of the best thing about this life is that regardless of what we do at any given moment, we have the opportunity to change with the next breath. Without a doubt, all of our trespasses, all of our misgivings, all of those things we never should have said exist in the lives we affect; however, in the next instant we can begin to change and improve. Some people believe in an afterlife if we are good enough in this one. Some believe in paying penance before reaching paradise. Others believe that we will come back in a different form to try it all over again. I don't believe in any of that. I believe we have one shot with this one life, so we can choose to wait for for some mystical second chance or we can right our wrongs with what we have at our disposal. When we do something well, do it again. When we do something poorly, learn to improve. When we really screw up, learn from our mistake. That is but one small aspect of living that can make us all a little better.