專四晨讀美文：Opportunity

Opportunity
The air we breathe is so freely available
that we take it for granted.
Yet without it
we could not survive more than a few minutes.
For the most part,
the same air is available to everyone,
and everyone needs it.
Some people use the air to sustain them
while they sit around
and feel sorry for themselves.
Others breathe in the air
and use the energy it provides
to make a magnificent life for themselves.
Opportunity is the same way.
It is everywhere.
Opportunity is so freely available
that we take it for granted.
Yet opportunity alone
is not enough to create success.
Opportunity must be seized and acted upon
in order to have value.
So many people are so anxious to "get in"
on a "ground floor opportunity",
as if the opportunity will do all the work.
That's impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe,
you need opportunity to succeed.
It takes more than just breathing
in the fresh air of opportunity, however.
You must make use of that opportunity.
That's not up to the opportunity.
That's up to you.
It doesn't matter
what "floor" the opportunity is on.
What matters is what you do with it.