Life gives you one chance to get it right. That's it! No second chances, no do-overs, no mulligans<\/u>, no delete and re-start, it's unfortunate. But what if, just what if we could get a second chance to re-do a certain portion of our life over again? Would you take it, or would you let it pass you by and not take another shot at it?<\/p>\n
Well, if the god of second chances came up to me and offered me an opportunity to do over a portion of my life, I think I would take him or her up on it and give it a go. The portion I would like to have a do over of would be the segment in my later teen years, the 16 to 20 years of age portion. Unfortunately life doesn't come with a rule book. I wish it did. We would all have more success. Like any 16 year old, my hormones were in high gear, and I was head over heels in love with this one girl. She was the apple of my eye<\/u>, the one I dreamed of being with, and spending eternity with. I did everything I could to get her attention and to get her to like me back. Unfortunately for me, she didn't feel the same way.<\/p>\n
Well, most red-blooded boys my age would just move on and find someone else. You know the saying, \"there's plenty of other fish in the ocean\". Not me. I had to be different. I don't know what made me different, but I didn't give up. I had to be a romantic at heart. I was determined to succeed, even though she turned me down time and again. It was unfortunate, but it wasn't meant to be.<\/p>\n
If I could do that part of my life over again, I would give up on her and date others. I didn\u2019t. Instead, I wasted four years of my life doting<\/u> over someone who wouldn\u2019t even give me a chance.<\/p>\n
Patrick<\/p>\n
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\nVocabulary<\/b><\/p>\n
mulligan (n) ? a golf term meaning that you get a second chance at something (ie: to hit the ball)
\napple of one\u2019s eye (exp.) ? someone\u2019s favorite person (or thing); usually a boyfriend or girlfriend
\ndoting (v) ? to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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