Life's second chances.

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I came after work to set in front of my Tv to watch my favorite show " Second Chances ".

This show is just amazing, I come happy from work just to chill and watch it. Although the idea is a bit different then the shows we usually watch. The main character of the show name is Johna she just retired ,She is 55 or so from the looks . So Johna stoped and looked at her life , she thought this life was never for me , I really wanted something different , something that felt like me. She was sad that most of her life has passed but she never did most if the things she wanted to do. She was depressed , apathetic and thought I can't do anything that I loved I am just too old for anything in my mind. She stayed like that for months , didn't do anything or met anybody. She closed the life door that was opened in front of her. She didn't want that door to open because her thoughts were her prison. Her thoughts stoped her from living and having fun . After months she took a book that she saw at the thrift store on her way home after doing groceries shopping. The book name was " one life" the cover of the book was a oceany Turquoise color that she loved. She went back home and sat on her old brown couch that she didn't even like and though the color wasn't very close to her taste and opened the first page that had a note that is fading. The note was " This book changed my life, I hope it changes yours". She smiled thinking " what could the book have to change someone whole life " . 

Johna is a different person after reading this book. She finished the book in 1 week which is a record time for her , she usually takes a month or so to finish a book.

The show go on to show you how she changed her mindset and her life have changed really after reading that book. The book was talking about how we live once in this life and we should never take the time we are given for granted and live fully on this earth and in this life.

She clearly can see now that nothing was stopping her from doing what she loved is only her and her thoughts. It took a while to see but she did and that the important thing. The show now start to shift the story to show us how Johna allowed her self to get a second chance in this life , by starting to do everything she wanted to do but she haven't becuse the her own past life drifted her to a life she didn't do anything she loved.

These were the first 5 episodes.After that there is 15 episodes that displayed how she started to do everything she loved .. I'll tell what was in these episodes.

Johna sat down to think of her the life she really wanted , the hobbies , and how she wanted to spend her time. She focused only on the thing she could control. Johna had a dream , she really wanted to learn how to play the piano and she wanted to learn to dance. These two were the first two hobbies that she looked up to find places to teach . She signed up for dancing classes & yoga classes for the morning. Then she signed up for piano lessons 3 days a week. She was loving her new days. She started to meditate and took care of her mental health. Learnt to cook very healthy food that made her feel lightweight and healthy . 

Her days are very loving , she would wake up at 9 am take her breakfast and coffee to eat in front of the ocean. Then she would have her classes at 10 am and eat lunch in her room . Take a good warm nap and go to practice piano in the evening. She would cook her self a good yummy dinner and watch tv. She would end her day with hot cup of tea and meditation. 

After couple of months she started to redecorate her house and make it feel like her own soul. She started new hobbies such as french desserts classes and painting classes. She finally was thriving in life , the life she wanted to have. 

She thought to actually take that trip she wanted years ago but the time , circumstances and place were not appropriate for her. Now is the perfect time to take a cruise around ocean for two weeks. She was excited about the cruise because it was one of her dreams that she could not fulfill until now. She loved the ocean and wanted to sail in the middle of the dark blue watching the endless water of the ocean. She planned to go on long 2 month or so trip around Europe. She started planning and reserving the places she dreamt to go them.

The next couple of episodes are her having fun , living her life fully and fulfilling her dreams. She now know that the only boundaries in this life is her own thoughts and life really give second chances if our mind is clear.

Once today's episode finished I started to think deeply about second chances given in life of others and our own life's . The important thing is that johna understood life give second chances for anyone willing to take it. Second chance are everywhere, you just needed to take the first step and look around and take the chance life hands you. Life is a game with multiple and endless times to restart and start over again with new dreams, goals , vision and mindset . You can change you whole life style , make it into a completely different life. You can have a complete diffrent life with so many possibilities that don't come across your mind, you just need to be creative , think out of the box and most importantly believe.

August 14, 2020 17:17

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