Chance Happens To Them All

Opportunity may come once in a life time or maybe twice; but it is not guaranteed to come thrice. That is why it is so important to take advantage of time and opportunity at hand or we can miss out on the greatest moment of our life. There is a scripture which read in Ecclesiastes 9:11 “I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all”. I believe at some point in life, every man and woman will be and has been given the opportunity in life to do something great. This scriptures speaks so well as it pertains to a rich man did not get his chance due to his understanding, races are not always won by the fastest person, nor bread or money to whoever is wise. The key to this whole thing was that everyone was given a time and chance to take advantage of any opportunity that was given to them. They all had something in common, they took the risk. I heard Thomas Edison said and I am paraphrasing. “A man who sees an opportunity at hand, his desire is so strong that he is willing to stake his last at a single turn of the wheel”. Your chance may come in a life time and it is up to you to seize the moment and go for it, because if not you may not get the same chance again. Then you would have many regrets in life on why you did not seize the moment. It is a blessing if it comes around again. You may hear a poor man says to the rich man, you are lucky or fortunate, and that is not the case. That rich man somewhere in life took a chance on an opportunity at hand. Well, this may not be the case with everyone who is wealthy, some people where left with an inheritance. I am talking about the man or the woman that had to work hard and smart to get the wealth. Keep this in mind, opportunity knocked at their doors one way or another, and they open the door. It may take us to knock on doors and not give up until you see a door open. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened for you”. You must have the tenacity to drive for the opportunity and not give up. One must be motivated to do or not to do, but I prefer you to be motivated to do. We all are always motivated it is a matter of what motivates you. A salesman may be at the brink of the biggest sale of his lifetime, but his desire to take his lunch break at the time when one his most important customer comes in and he pass them along to another salesman. It maybe the biggest opportunity missed. How many times we had put off taking care of important business? that would open many doors to our life but we decide to take a break or procrastinate. When you add up the time loss it equal to the value of the dream you once had was the opportunity of a lifetime. Our biggest loss is not in the money that we had spent on unnecessary thing, but it is the time loss that could never be retrieve. Remember time and chance happen to us all whether rich or poor, smart or illiterate, fast or slow, but knowing the right time to take the chance.