Second chance is about turning the other cheek and I'm pretty sure the author had in mind only two cheeks in total.
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Forgive and forget
I thought it was about maintaining dignity while being beaten.
Holding a grudge doesn't help you though.
Don't think I'll take a second beating kindly either.
Some sort of a calculated forgiveness. I haven't made up my mind entirely about this topic. Somehow I've imagined forgiveness to be a 0 or 1 kind of game, but maybe there are nuances.
