It's funny, isn't it, how opportunities don't arrive in front of you wearing fluorescent spandex leggings, revolving bowties and carrying a large neon sign stating "I'm an opportunity!" They're just not that easy to spot... and if they did look like this we'd probably ignore them or write them off as weird, 'out there' and the sort of thing we should avoid at all costs!
But opportunities present themselves in front of us all the time - they're subtle, and they often blend into the background of all the other busyness we surround ourselves with, but they're there nonetheless.
The trick for us is to recognise them while they're still sidling up to us, to identify them as a potential opportunity as soon as they emerge from the background. That way we're ready to take advantage of them as soon as it is possible to do so.
I spotted an opportunity last week. It didn't show itself until Friday morning, and the opportunity was ripe on Friday afternoon... I had other plans, and- heck - it was Friday and I'd had a busy week. I identified the opportunity to my husband, and he recognised it immediately... it was the "could be the biggest thing this year" variety. So I ambushed the opportunity, and brought it home with me.
I'm nurturing it now, and feed it regularly. I've begun to take it on outings, and have introduced it into the conversation with friends.
I'm hoping that this opportunity will grow and grow, that it will take on a life of its own and that it will become big enough for me to hitch a lift with it as it embarks on its travels.
I'll keep you posted.
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