Sunday, September 09, 2007
Everyday, life presents us with opportunities. Mainly little opportunities but sometimes major ones too. It can either be a positive or a negative opportunities.
A negative one lessens one's ability to be a better person. A positive opportunity brings personal enrichment in one's life. Many positive opportunities are presented to us daily but we do not take them up.
What plays a big part? Our mental.
It blocks &hinders any effective response to a positive opportunity. For eg: if there is a maths club in school and you are weak in maths, should you join the club? Of course. It is an opportunity to improve in the subject. However instead of joining the club, we avoid doing so because we will be embarrassed by our weakness, it is a wasted opportunity.
Another example: tennis. There are always room for improvements and tournaments for us to take on. If we don't try, it will be another wasted opportunity. As a result, we will not improve and thus, it will be stagnant.
Sometimes, we miss opportunities cos we are indifferent to the opportunities around us. We think that we have no time to involve ourselves with anything or anyone else beyond our little circle of friends and interests. Oftentimes we're so wrapped up in living our lives and hectic schedules. Here again wasting opportunities..
Sometimes, we do not recognise opportunities. We hesitate to try smth we have not tried before as we're afraid that the outcome may not what we expected it to be. This is another opportunity. However, most people are unwilling to take up the opportunity as a challenge as they're afraid to move out of their comfort zone.
We should cultivate an positive attitude to pursue positive opportunities. New opportunities are challenges and life w/o challenges would be dull and boring. We should never look back and regret all the wasted opportunities in our lives as long as we treasure all opportunities and challenge our level of capability.
3:30 PM
