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Daily Question, October 25

How would my life change if I saw everything as an opportunity?

  • Ose

    Everything would be soaked with joy, no matter what opportunity would be in front of me. And it would not matter at all if I like it or not. It would mean to truly let go of aversions and desires. Probably challenging sometimes, but worth it, I suppose. I will see if I can take this perspective as much as possible, experiencing gratefulness and happiness in any of these moments.

  • Hot Sauce

    I think it would be easier to let go of perfectionism. Sometimes, if I mess something up, I get very frustrated and think it will never improve, but maybe, I can instead recognize that the next attempt at whatever I am trying to do does not have to be another set up for failure; it’s just another opportunity, and if it’s missed, there will always be another.

  • Lora

    I would be more likely to start new experiences and try new things on a regular basis without being afraid of what someone might think. Life would be a blank canvas that I could make into the most beautiful piece of artwork!

  • pkr

    I would probably not have as much fear. I probably would not fear change and embrace it wholeheartedly and truly believe this “ opportunity” is going to be great, wonderful in ways I cannot even imagine.

  • Present Moment

    It would slow me down enough to consider how I can best use each moment, making any action… Including no action, sacred

  • Laura May

    Probably for the better – to see everything as an opportunity is to be braver – to take the opportunities and view them entirely as something positive, a learning opportunity, a job opportunity, an opportunity to improve. I think I’d get involved in a lot more projects that are closer to my heart, as I’d be brave enough to pursue them rather than focus with my head all the time and talk myself out of spontaneity.

  • Mica

    It’d be about the same. I respond to the opportunities I want to become involved in – and not the other opportunities. I don’t like driving, so I don’t tend to respond to opportunities that involve driving farther than a few miles.

  • Tom

    If I saw everything as an opportunity my life would change by recognizing the newness of each moment. If I truly saw everything as an opportunity I would be more at peace with life’s continual change.

  • Javier Visionquest

    Success comes by way of running the gauntlet of failure; fail, fail again, fail often, fail harder. In fact the only mistake available to us, at all, is to give up.

    • Journey

      So true Javier. Well written. It’s not how many times we fail but how many times we get up that counts. Credit goes to the person the arena, fighting it out, not to the person sitting on the sidelines afraid to go in. A famous Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” and Einstein said “Failure is Success in progress”. We have a lot to learn from these wise people.

    • Wiltrud

      Samuel Beckett: ” No matter. Try again, fail again, fail better.”
      I like this quotation and sometimes used it to comfort others,
      even had a postcard from the Dublin Writers Museum with the text, forgot to
      whom I sent it…just thinking I could tell it to myself these days, not only because I love the rhyme 😉

    • Mica

      But we need to learn from our failures and do things differently the next time.?
      Giving up can be the best choice sometimes and can open us to new opportunities – new ways of using our time.

      • Javier Visionquest
        Absolutely true, Mica. I understand this because I give up, I surrender on a pretty regular basis. Mostly when I've exhausted every way I can imagine to move toward progress and other times, because doing something no longer brings me joy or the objective is no longer practical. Taking a break and gaining a different vantage of possibilities in the magnificent Now can sometimes be the key to refreshing our well of inspiration. The universe, the very universe that is secretly plotting our success...

        Absolutely true, Mica. I understand this because I give up, I surrender on a pretty regular basis. Mostly when I’ve exhausted every way I can imagine to move toward progress and other times, because doing something no longer brings me joy or the objective is no longer practical. Taking a break and gaining a different vantage of possibilities in the magnificent Now can sometimes be the key to refreshing our well of inspiration. The universe, the very universe that is secretly plotting our success, thereby questions our commitment to the goal.

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      • Wiltrud

        Giving up sounds like losing hope altogether for me, Mica. If it is supposed to mean “correct course” as Journey put it, I follow.

        • Mica

          Thanks, Wiltrud – your meaning is probably the one Javier means, too. I love the Samuel Becket quote you posted:
          Samuel Beckett: ” No matter. Try again, fail again, fail better.”
          ‘Fail better’ does resonate with me.
          I think I need to learn to fail better and get less discouraged at yet another failure on the same project!

  • Chester

    I do have a tendency to see abundant opportunity throughout daily life, where the challenge becomes focusing on the one on which I am capitalizing – not all the ones that I have been unable to capitalize on, or missing out on as I type. Seeing opportunity in and of itself can be a mixed blessing – there is certainly the immeasurable benefit of seeing purpose and value all around, but one must retain grounded humility in doing our small part, doing what we can.

  • Melanie

    Fear would evolve into courage.
    Courage would evolve into self- love.
    Self- love would evolve into love for others.

  • Ann

    The word “opportunity” reminds me of a blank canvas. And, the words “gift” and “blessing” feel like the paint with which I design my ‘inner smile.’

  • Michele

    Everything pretty much is an opportunity … we make choices daily … smile at people, watch your driving habits, offer help to co workers, tell family you love them. The other day was National Mulligan Day – we get to do a ‘do over’ each day …
    TGIF!

  • Anneclaire

    If rather than seeing everything as opportunity, I saw it as gift, that would naturally ring true to me. To see everything as opportunity seemed at first opportunistic, seeking my own good. But then, perhaps the truth is somewhere in between — receiving all as gift and then acting towards good in relation to a greater whole …

  • GCharlotte

    Seeing everything in my life as an opportunity well I might already do but the opportunity of that that which suffices is determined at the time. For example to come accross opportunities to earn money or quick cash may not be prevailant and yet there are many other kinds of opportunities to be seen.

  • EJP

    Seeing everything as an opportunity would open my world to new adventures, much love and new relationships. It would provide me with a positive direction in life.

  • Kevin

    Interesting, challenging and time consuming! And that would be just fine, so long as there were equal periods of time not to be industrious, but to simply exist, doing no-particular-thing, and savoring those moments, too.

  • Journey

    I read somewhere that problems are life’s way of helping us correct course and putting us on the path we need to be. If I saw everything as an opportunity I would be excited and calm about what was going on in my life, knowing it is for the better, instead of being fearful.

  • Antoinette

    Everything as an opportunity would teach me that being here in this hospital somehow is an opportunity. An opportunity to heal. I wish very much to be able to let go of things and thoughts which keep me fearful.

    • Tom

      Antoinette, wishing you recovery, healing and wholeness.

    • sparrow

      Dear Antoinette . . .
      healing prayers come your way from me too
      with love…
      sparrow ♥

    • Ose

      Wishing you to find peace and inner strength during your stay in hospital and that all goes well so that you fully recover and heal. My prayers are with you, dear Antoinette.

    • Michele

      If you have any lab questions a wonderful website exists.
      https://labtestsonline.org/

    • Anneclaire

      May you heal! May you be well! May you find peace!

    • Serafina

      Dearest Antoinette… Sending you healing thoughts.  Wishing you strength and a peaceful mind during these difficult days.  Be gentle with yourself.

    • May you heal as soon as possible dear Antoinette.
      It is not easy to consider this circumstance as an opportunity, so I bow before you.
      My prayers for you.

    • Journey

      Wishing you a speedy recovery and peace of mind. ❤️

    • Sarah

      Oh dear Antoinette, I am sorry to hear you are in the hospital. I pray your fear is released by faith in knowing you are in the right place, in good hands, and that this too shall pass. ?

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