Opportunity Doesn't Always Knock

 

"Opportunity rarely knocks on your door.  Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter." - BC Forbes

It is essential to keep your eyes open to opportunities! The more you expect them to be there, the more you find that they are!  Opportunities are often all around us, but we don't always see them or recognize them. Sometimes they come quietly and often disguised as failures, hardships, problems, challenges, or even hard work.

Sometimes we tend to expect opportunities to fall in our laps. It may be somewhat natural for us to think we have to wait for the right opportunity to come our way. But if we keep waiting for something to happen, we may be setting ourselves up to wait for a while. We can't always rely on chance or luck. 

Opportunity doesn't always knock on your door. Sometimes the door appears closed. If the door is closed, we must knock on it - and keep on knocking on it until it opens. Comedian Milton Berle said, "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." We don't have to wait for opportunities; we can actively seek them out and find them. 

We need to be prepared and ready for opportunities. Our mindset can make a difference. Sometimes we reflect so long on missed opportunities that we fail to see the new ones as they appear. Be careful not to let opportunities pass you by while you sit idle thinking about the chances you may have lost. 

Learn from the past - do not live in it. Don't wonder about the future - create it. We can do something about it, and we can take action. The wise will make more opportunities than they find. Utilize the power of now to make a difference in your life. We develop opportunities by applying persistence to the possibilities. Find ways to turn ordinary occurrences into extraordinary greatness. 

Make today great!

Curtis

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize ordinary occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them." - Orison Swett Marden