One More Time

There are these great moments in movies. The ones where the characters have a defining moment – a capsule in time where everything has gone wrong and there seems to be no hope, but suddenly, they have an epiphany. They realise that they can fix their lives. That nothing is truly broken. That it’s never too late to start again. That bravery is simply the refusal to give up. And you see them picking up the pieces, one step at a time, not allowing doubt to creep in long enough for them to hesitate. In the end, they always triumph. Is life really that different?

People have been known to do extraordinary things. Often, these people are no more remarkable than those around them. The difference between them, and those of us who go about our lives as usual, is that they have never stayed beaten long. Failure is not in their vocabulary. It simply isn’t an option for them. Without any other options, they choose to get up and do it all over again, until it works. Are these people born this way? Or have they spent time and effort training themselves to push harder, move faster and rise above the mundane?

I think we can all live our lives the way we want to, if only we want it enough and are willing to move toward our goal, never taking our eyes off it, never allowing any obstacle to be too big. I think that those great moments in movies can be replicated in real life. I think that no matter how low we are, there is always the chance to rise again, to start from the beginning and try something different, having faith that even if we don’t end up where we originally planned, it’ll be a learning experience for the next time round.

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