Opportunity.... BIG WORD!

I've been thinking here as to the message I'd leave today and have decided to post on a most recent experience I've had and entitle this one... The Purpose of Opportunity ... It is more than meets the eye.

Short and sweet,... lol... I think...

Opportunity is presented at times for one to take hold of but it is also presented as an opportunity to realize a missed opportunity. Ever have that happen to you? Where some opportunity is presented to you and because of your resistance, or reluctance, you pass it back or dismiss it... then later, you look back on the positives related to it and realize you missed out on a great opportunity? Isn't that just the worst? Seemingly so huh?

Well, not to beat yourself up... grab the lesson from it and realize that while that opportunity was missed by you, it may simply have been a test of your faith or readiness for something greater still to come and thus it will likely come again and if it does, be ready to be bold and take hold of it. Remember, rather than pass it back to where it came from (Example: no, sorry, that's not for me...) PASS IT ON. That's right, take a moment to consider if someone else could use the opportunity you might dismiss or "return to sender"! :?}]

Thus for EVERY opportunity that crosses your path, consider why it is before you prior to passing it back. Is it there to help you transcend to something greater or set you back to something not so good for you? Is it there to show you later what could have been? OR Is it there so that you can contribute to it and make it an even greater opportunity for the person it is meant for???

A perfect example happened to me this past week, when I presented an opportunity to someone whom "the shoe didn't quite fit"... now this person could have done one of four things:

1) Dismiss it / Pass it back / "Return to sender"... so to speak.

2) Miss it.

3) Take up on the opportunity and endure whatever consequences.

4) Consider who could better use it and Pass it on.

This person chose to take it to heart and pass it on rather than pass it back. For that, I am fortunate and grateful.

I have a saying... It is truly a blessing to be blessed by the blessed... and I look forward to returning this grace of kindness in the future! It takes a genuine, considerate and deliberate heart to PASS IT ON rather than Pass it back.

OOoopsss... not quite as short winded as I had hoped... sorry.

In all you do, be well... love and light go with you all!
Ms. Rachel Milano