Life, Take Two

Sometimes I think the whole Witness Protection thing would be great. I like the idea of moving to a place where I don't know anyone, nobody knows me and being able to start over with a new identity. I could be whoever I wanted to be. My past would no longer exist and I could work toward the future from a brand new vantage point. 

A clean slate.

A fresh start.

A life do-over.

Yes, I quite like the sound of that.

Comments

[Kim]

Immediately when I read this I thought "Wow! That's exactly what we get when we accept Jesus as our Savior. A fresh start, a clean slate, a do-over." How awesome is that?!

[Sandi]

The idea is intoxicating! I dream of moving to a small village, having a house with a yard that my kids can play in. My husband and I could have a huge garden. No one knows our story except us.

But. Unless you can get your brain to let go of the past too it has a way of reminding you of what was so it feels like you never really left any of it behind.

[Ronnica]

I kinda like the idea, but I doubt it's *quite* that simple. After all, you'd have to take yourself with you!

[Kellee]

I agree that it does sound great, but I often find that it is our own expectations of ourselves, and not the expectations of those around us, that shape how we behave and who we are. I don't know that, thrown into an entirely new situation, that I would be a new person, as much as I might like to be. I'd still have the same fears, the same hangups. I'd still be the same. Would a change of environment be enough?

The concept, though, is DEFINITELY alluring. A chance to start over. Who wouldn't love that sometimes?