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(2) The Pleasure of Second Chances in Life

In computer programming there is the term "iterate":
iteration (noun): the process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it.

Weekly food shopping has iterations. Once Mum stayed at home and I went to the fruit market with Dad. We forgot to bring Mum's shopping list so we weren't sure what to buy. Then I remembered the Buddha's Instructions to Rahula, that at least I could resolve not to forget the shopping list the next week. And we only forgot the peaches.

The "next week" when I was sure to remember the shopping list, having been willing to learn from my mistake of forgetting it the previous week, was an example of a "second chance in life".


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