Can You Imagine Only One Chance in Life?

Can you imagine just having ONE chance in life tothrows many opportunities our way. Although we
accomplish anything? What will you do what you'refailed, in general, our consequence is not death or
doing today differently?anything as critical as that. A lot of people take the
Take a few moments to read this story about a littleopportunities that they get for granted because the
bird and imagine your life if you were this little bird.know that there will always be second chances.
Once an eagle that made its nest at the top of a tallWhat will you do if there are no second chances?
bridge. The bird laid 3 eggs that all hatched to healthyWhat if, you wouldn't know what's going to happen
chirping baby birds. As time went by, one of thetomorrow?
hatchlings was ready to make its first flight.What if this opportunity, at this moment of time, right
It stood out at the edge of its nest, flapped its wingsnow is all you've got?
and took a leap of faith... to learn how to fly.Maybe its time we start to look at life through the
With no luck for that poor little baby bird, it never hadeyes of that little bird and seize each opportunity that
its glorious flight into the sky. Maybe the wind was toocomes our way like it was our last one. It could be a
strong on that day. Who knew the reason why it didbusiness opportunity, the dream job of a lifetime,
not fly successfully.starting a new family or just simply to make a
It couldn't stop itself from spiraling downwards towardsdifference to somebody else's day.
the fast approaching concrete road far below its nest.Imagine how much of our infinite potential we can
The little bird fell to the ground and was run over by adevelop if we give our all to do the things that we get
car.to do?
Thus, ends a life so full of promise...Put it this way -- If you know that you're NOT
Do you see how closely the story of the little birdALLOWED to fail in your next goal or seizing the
resembles real life?opportunity given, do you think that your result will be
That little bird had only ONE chance to learn how to fly.different?
Make or break, do or die. Can you imagine if you wereGive it a deep thought because this might change your
given only one chance in life? That would be scary.mindset forever.
On the other hand, we are luckier as life alwaysDon't take life for granted.