2nd Chances

I was watching repeats of ‘Batman’ last Saturday. Can’t remember the episode title but the one I’m watching has a part where batman failed to save Robin from the joker. Joker killed Robin but some guy bathed Robin in Lazarus spring. The spring is known for its fountain of youth, if you’re dead the spring will bring you back to life. To cut the story short, Robin was brought back to life but he’s way different from what he used to be.

Robin became one of those notorious criminals that batman is battling everyday. Worse, Robin is now killing people.

Well, at the end of the episode Robin failed to avenge his death from the joker (as joker got away), batman saved him from the joker (this time he’s successful) but Robin got away too… and batman couldn’t find him… and he’s not even sure if he’s going back to his old self.

As you can see, robin was given a 2nd chance to relive his life. But what is 2nd chance really is? Is it to better our life? Is it to correct the things we’ve done wrong? Is it to make amends to people that we’ve wronged? Or is it to avenge our misfortune?

In robin’s case, he used his 2nd chance to take revenge. But by doing so, he has hurt more people and had more mistakes. Was he right to use his 2nd chance that way?

How many 2nd chances do we get? Do we get one for every major mistake? If so, is it still right to call it ‘2nd chance’?

I guess different people use their 2nd chances depending on their understanding of their past lives. Some use the last moment before their downfall to evaluate how to use their 2nd chances. And others use it to find reason why they failed.

Not everyone is given a 2nd chance, and not everyone is able to realise that a 2nd chance is given to them… but if you were given one, I hope that you’ll use it wisely, for 2nd chance is just exactly what it is – a second chance.