A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon
How often do you create opportunities for success in your life? You
might have heard the old saying “Opportunity only knocks once,” or “When
opportunity knocks, answer it”. They’re cute little sayings aren’t they? But do
you notice something about the way they are structured? I’ll give you a minute
to reread them….
Did you see it? Well, if you saw what I saw you’ll recognize that both
of those sayings are rather passive in regards to you and what you should do.
Think about it. Opportunity knocks, meaning it will come to you. Really? I’ve
always had this sort of ridiculous notion that opportunity was like a cloud of
positive energy that would one day float by my apartment door and lightly rap
upon my door knocker. All I had to do was wait. Now I realize that’s an
incredible waste of time.
If we think about what Francis Bacon says about opportunity, we should
all be out hunting that misty cloud of energy trying to wring out all the opportunity
we can get. And that’s exactly what you should be doing. Getting out there and
making things happen is what life should be about. There’s a reason why couch
potatoes aren’t wildly successful, except knowing what’s on TV; they aren’t
doing anything. You can’t seize the day if you’ve already seized the couch.
Just a few days ago, I once again submitted some of my writings to a
publisher. In fact, I submitted another short story and several poems. No one
is going to come knocking on my door begging me to submit my stories to their
magazine. So I’ve got to make those publishing opportunities happen myself. And
I’m going to have to continue to foster those opportunities if I want to be
successful. You might not be an aspiring author, but I’m sure there’s something
positive you’d love to be doing right now; some dream you always wanted to come
true…
The question is, what are you doing to make that dream come true?
Thanks for reading. Questions and comments are welcome.
