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 ues the air to sustain them while they sit
around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the airand use
the energy 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 the seized and acted
upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in
on the ground floor" of 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 airof 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.
善待时机
咱们呼吸的空气如此易得，以至于咱们视它为天经地义，但没了空气咱们却
坚持不了几分钟。从很大程度上来说，每个人呼吸到的空气都是相同的，而且每
个人都离不开空气。有些人靠空气来保持生命，但他们只会坐在那里怨天尤人。
别的一些人吸进空气，使用空气供给的能量为自己创始绚丽的人生。
时机也是如此。它无处不在。时机如此易得，以至于咱们视它为理所应当。
可是仅凭时机却不足以发明成功，有必要抓住时机并采纳举动才干完成其价值。有
许多人一得到时机，就急着要成功，好象有了时机就万事大吉。这是不可能的。
正如你需求空气来呼吸，你也需求时机来获得成功。可是只时机的新鲜空气
远远不够。你有必要好好使用时机。这并不取决于时机自身，而是由你自己决议。
你在什么时候得到时机并不重要。重要的是你怎样掌握时机。
