Once is enough. Twice is too much. Thrice is ...

            We would often hear this saying anywhere from anyone, but “thrice” is actually what? What will happen after an event comes for the third time? Well, maybe it depends upon the situation. Maybe the third sentence can be completed with a lot of different words that can describe the weight and severity of the situation.

            I think it can be … Once is enough. Twice is too much. Thrice is IRRITATING. Sometimes, when we keep on repeating a statement, a question, a command up to the third time can be quite irritating. It is as if that person is so slow on picking things up or can be a lazy one. Or maybe that person is neglecting you and simply doesn’t pay any attention on you. Kabadtrip lang! But then, sometimes, it can also be sooo irritating to hear a statement or command more than twice. Hearing similar things (especially if it is a command) on repeat seems to be so annoying. Unlimited lang te? One may not help it but feel dumb if an instruction is continuously reiterated. Ano yun, SLOW lang yung tao? Hindi maka-pick up? KAASAR ah.  And worst is, you just have to say, “Yes, okay” after every repeated instruction.

            Then I browsed through the internet, checked on with google … And I saw, “Once is enough. Twice is too much. Thrice is STUPIDITY.” I guess this is very much related to pain due to Love and Relationship. This may have been stated after a hurtful action done by one that has occurred three times. It is as if you’ve been fooled twice and you let it happen for the third time, definitely you will be tagged as someone stupid. If someone has hurt you for the first time and gave him/her a second chance, is as if giving that person “an extra bullet for their gun because they missed you the first time”.  Then they actually did the same thing. So what more if you give them another chance? It’s gonna be like the third bullet to be shot at you. Then that already is STUPIDITY. There may be a lot of reasons for giving a person so many chances to either change for the better or eventually hurt us again. It may not end to thrice but may continue to hurt us for the fourth time, fifth time and so on. Bottom line here is, how long and how many times do we really have to suffer and endure the pain just for us to realize we’re becoming stupid already?  

            Back in college, I can still clearly recall one of my professors’ statement, “Once is enough. Twice is too much. Thrice is dangerous.”  Yeah, she said it is already dangerous once an event happens for the third time. Well, maybe it is because, we may not know what we can do after realizing that everything went more than too much. Emotions might explode right after recognizing that events and acts are now IRRITATING and making us look STUPID.

            In this case, I think one must have a conscious effort to avoid letting someone go beyond his or her limits. Remember, Lahat ng bagay may hangganan. We may not expect it, but certain action can be executed once a person has had enough and more than too much ...