The petals of Opportunity

Most people are blind to opportunities near them.They have not the power,the grit to stick and hang on until the opportunity ripens,or they lack the neede initiative to undertake what would uncover "acres of diamonds".

They said that there are people in the failure army today who have let oppotunities slip through their fingers that would have made rich and famous men out of themselves.You don't have to go to the U.S.A,Europe,Japan or elsewhere to seek opportunities.There are lots of opportunities everywhere waiting to be discovered.It matters not whether you were born in a small house or in a mansion,in the province or in the city,if you are made of winning stuff you will find opportunities,for life all about you makes them.What is important is the alertness to seize chances,responsiveness to the slightest suggestion of ambition.

I have read that Thomas Edison found success when he found one selling papers on the Grand Trunk Railroad.Cyrus McCormick(inventor of the mechanical reaper)discovered a diamond mine(meaning a way to success)in a grist-mill where he made his famous reaper.

Opportunities are everywhere,but they are multiplied in America because(do you know that..) America is another word for Opportunity.

The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it,to him who can grasp it who can make success out of it..The better part of your chance is right inside you,as they say it.

I read that there were plenty of boys who could see no opportunity for Charles Schwab(founder of the brokerage)in driving a stage caoch,Andrew Carnegie(founder of Carnegie Steel Co.)'s companions could not see any great opportunity for him in delivering telegrams.No doubt the other railroad boys laughed at young Thomas Edison's queer little laboratory.See?Opportunities surround you.

Opportunities are multiplying on every hand.Most of us emphasize the opportunity and underestimate the value of right spirit,the right attitude towards life.In fact,if this is right,if one has the climbing,getting on spirit,if he faces life in the right way,towards hope,towards expectation of winning out;if he faces life with optimism and faith he will find opportunities aplenty.







Somewhere I read,"On every corner,street or way,opportunity stands out bold."But we are 'opportunity blind'.We simply cannot see changes until they are beyond,especially away from us.We are dreaming or wool gathering when a good opportunity comes along,and we do not recognize it until it has gone by.

That is why I do not waste time dreaming of great opportunities and so I do the best that I can.I always open the petals of my power and beauty(??)and make out the fragrance of my life in the place that has been assinged to me.Because I heard and believe that thousands of successful men have found their opportunities merely in doing the most ordinary things better than any one else ever had done.The most important constituent in success is to get busy with the little opportunities.If we take care of the little ones,the big ones will take care of themselves and go near us.

The very habit of being alert for opportunities,of grasping them,and wringing every possibility out of them brings more opportunities,more power,more success in the future.I read that by the law,"to him that hath shall be given," used opportunity to open doors of the new ones.