ELIZABETH ODUWAIYE LIFESKILLS COUNSEL

 MOST TIMES, PEOPLE TAKE GOOD PERSONS FOR GRANTED. People also take opportunities for granted.  There are some things or opportunities we enjoy sometimes that we don't appreciate until we loose them.  But it doesn't have to be so.  Learn to appreciate.  Appreciate people, value them.  Appreciate opportunities, maximize them.  See the good in everyone and every situation, so that when they are no longer there as they used to, you will know you harnessed the goodness in them.  On a lighter note, do you remember the days of 'There's God o'? Those were the good old days right? When we had better times. At least we didn't have this much hardship in this country. It is now that we refer to those days as better but in those days, we didn't realize that there will come a time that we will come to appreciate those days than this present day. In those days, people murmured, they complained about the government. In fact, they wanted the presidency to be changed. They f

In life, there are times when opportunities are either given to us or handed down to us. Opportunities given are the ones you get NOT because you are related or affiliated to the the giver. Opportunities handed down are the ones you get BECAUSE OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP or affiliation to the giver. Some have been given opportunities that has turned them into billionaires. Maybe all they needed was capital to bring their ideas into reality. They get the money and boom! They become rich. This happened because they did not waste the opportunity they were given. They used it well, and become successful as a result. Many people have gotten some huge opportunities that they've wasted. This happens when the opportunity looks like a small deal or it is just not looking like an opportunity.  Thomas Edison said "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work".  Take note, NOT ALL Opportunities WILL LOOK LIKE OPPORTUNITIES at first, so it is le