Appreciating Things The Second Time

There is something about the first time you experience something.

Take the story you were following. If you behave and follow the narrative progressively from beginning to end, there are some twists and turns in it that will trigger a reaction from you. Sometimes that reaction will be surprise, other times it will be amazement, other times it will be exhilaration, other times there’s that pensive tension and anxiety about the build up as to what could possibly happen. All of those things can be experienced. Or not. Sometimes the predictability overwhelms whatever efforts are being made in the story and there’s a sense of things falling flat.

In any case, however good a follower you are of the story the first time, you don’t capture everything in it. You might have got the basics and know the main points of the plot, but there are elements you might not have considered. That’s why it’s worth at times checking on things the second time.

There’s this series, featuring a captivating character. It was the second series featuring this character. I loved the first series as it told a beautiful story of both this character and his antagonist. So I was really intrigued to see what happened in the second series. Enjoyable as it was, it wasn’t as good as the first series. Coming back to it after the length of time, I appreciated elements of the way it weaved different threads to create its story than I had the first time. It was subtle, but it was there and it enhanced and enriched the story. Looking at it again allowed me to appreciate things in it that I did not consider the first time.

There might well be something worth appreciating when we consider something the second time round. That is not just applicable to the stories that we come across in an article or a movie. You don’t have to live it again, but on review, who knows what things you can appreciate. who is to say that might be helpful, going forward.

There can be something about appreciating things the second time.

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Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden