THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN

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 left to you to BE SENSITIVE and VIGILANT. 

The sad part is when you see people with opportunities that can be used to better their lives and lives of others, using such opportunities to destroy instead. A very good example is a person who wastes opportunity of an open door or a parent whose handed-down wealth is used to pamper and spoil the children.

How can a parent give a child in PRIMARY school ₦1000 or even ₦500 to take to school after giving such a child food? I won't be surprised if such child steals when he/she is unable to get such amount or higher sum later. 

If you don't know what to do with the opportunities or money handed over to you, give to the less privileged. DON'T WASTE IT. DON'T USE IT TO DESTROY THE DESTINY OF YOUR CHILDREN. 

Some other parents buy some things that their children are not old enough to use for them, e.g android phones, cars, makeup kits and so on. 

Let me ask. What do you do with your children's clothes that are no longer their size? Do you throw them away? 

You shouldn't. See it an opportunity to give to the needy. Pick out the neat ones and hand them over to the less privileged. There are foundations that receive these items e.g Orphanages, Aunt Landa's Bethel Foundation, among others. 

What you do with the opportunities that have been given to you is very important for your life and destiny and maybe also for the lives and destinies of those around you. 

One opportunity lost can turn you into a pauper. 

Also, one opportunity well utilized can make you accomplished and successful in life. 

Maximize opportunities given. 

Be Wise! 

Written by 

Elizabeth Oduwaiye,

An Author and a 

Life Skills/Youth Counselor

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