this picture i screen-captured reminded me of an entry i've been meaning to write about opportunities here^ a guy asked this girl if she'd like to hang out, but her first priority is to see the chippendale's
this is not a diss to her or anything but i'm just using it to make a point ok basically in life we all get opportunities, but its about what we do with those opportunities what if that was a good guy who would want to commit to her, and do great things for her? what if that was a limited time window of opportunity? would it be worth it to blow that guy off to go see men strip naked? i can't answer that question for this girl but my point is not about that scenario its to make you think LOOK AROUND AT YOUR CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES how resourceful are you being? are you making the most of what has been offered to you? are you really using the tools, time, talents, and people who are at your disposal? or are you choosing other things over them? think about it like this.. some things are more likely to yield fruit than others.. are you seeking to utilize the things that yield fruit? or are you just doing what seems easiest or most fun all the time? the girl i used in the example has kids.. so should she try to have a stable man in her life and have that as a priority? or should her priority be to have a man shake his penis in her face? again, i'm not dissing her but just using this for the sake of my point what i'm trying to say to anyone reading this is, really try to see things as opportunities, not just as mundane "motions of life" .. really try to look at your life and weigh things out.. are you perhaps turning down something positive? earlier i overheard someone talking on the phone this person said that the president of a company decided to have a meeting with an intern, but the intern reset the date at the last minute.. then the date actually came and the intern just didn't show up at all i thought about what i overheard what message is the intern sending? also.. what possible opportunities or connections is the intern turning down? was it just a mundane meeting to chat about business? or could it have been a turning point in the intern's life? that intern will never know the answer to that question now. ok that concludes part one of this entry.. part 2 is along the same lines, but it has to do more with fear and faith pt. 2: don't allow fear to keep you in a box i was watching some real estate thing recently and the real estate expert was talking and some random guy allowed his fear to speak in the form of a comment he said to the agent: "well, a lot of people are afraid to get a house because if you can't pay then they'll foreclose on you" the real estate expert was like "yeah that's true but if you rent and you can't pay, you're still getting kicked out, so you might as well put your money in something that can accrue value and equity." my point in using that example was to show that fear can be completely illogical when i was in middle school i remember one day i had a choice of going to the next math or re-taking the current math i was in i decided to re-take the current math i was in.. this was a stupid decision on my part why? because i was actually passing the math class i was in for some reason i just felt like i didn't have a real grasp on it so i felt "unworthy" to take the next math.. i regretted this decision once the next semester came and everyone was like "why are you in that math?" and i didn't really have an answer.. i just had to accept my own self-assessed demotion like a clown i realized everyone sucked in math, it wasn't just me.. and now looking back (hindsight being 20/20) i can see that the teachers were bad also so i demoted myself for no reason come to think of it.. it happened again later when i was like 20 and my g/f at the time said she wanted to get an engagement ring and i didn't want to take that step because i didn't feel like i could handle the responsibility of such a title well now here i am 8 yrs later and single lol.. so why didn't i just accept what i had at the time? why did i think i "wasn't able to measure up" ? fear. fear keeps you from advancing in life faith is the opposite of fear.. when you see people who don't advance, they probably need to face their fears i am thankful because i have been crippled by fear a lot in my life but i honestly feel like i've been breaking out of that.. for example when i got my job at directv, i never stopped looking for more jobs.. i didn't become complacent.. i didn't say "this is all i can get" .. i said "i can keep striving" and now i have a much better job fear would say something like "don't leave what you have now" "you need to stay safe" "what if your new job doesn't work out?" "what will leaving look like on your resume?" deal with things as they come, don't think you will be able to iron out every kink and figure everything out before you make a move, because you will just end up talking yourself out of action.. JUST MOVE imperfect action is better than no action so when it comes to opportunity, the main two things i wanted to say are.. look around and NOTICE your opportunities, NOTICE the things at your disposal.. try to be resourceful if you have a car, use it.. if you have the internet, use it.. if you have the gift of gab, use it.. don't wait for some proverbial "ok" or "green light" also.. recognize fear for what it is... recognize when you are making excuses to not do something.. recognize that in order to get what you want you may need to shift to an attitude of faith.. realize that even if you fail you'll be ok.. the failure police won't appear out of the sky and beat the crap out of you.. you can try again.. or maybe the failure itself will just end up being a blessing in disguise and here's a big one.. realize that if God places you in a role, you can probably succeed in it let me say that again.. and this time i will say it with FAITH.. if God places you in a role, you will succeed in it this^ is what faith is all about changing your attitude, tone, perspective.. not having it all mapped out but believing anyway.. expecting there to be something at the end of the road without seeing the end of the road.. being positive don't turn down a role God gave you.. embrace it and if u honestly feel u need more strength or wisdom to occupy the role ASK GOD FOR IT!!!! remember, God will give wisdom unbegrudgingly! you may not be able to occupy that role on your own strength so remember to pray and ask God for wisdom and strength.. don't turn down the role.. don't turn down that higher paying- yet more technical job.. have faith.. TAKE THE JOB, THANK GOD, AND ASK HIM FOR HELP!! i wish u the best!!
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dlux
8/14/2013 12:40:18 pm
this was so dope I wont add commentary to it. and when I first read it it was timely cuz im feelininsecure about a new career path or sellin photos and stuff. so I stall and become immobilized til I can "create a perfect plan" and we know how long that can potentially take. so thank u for the God given words of wisdom and edification. TIMELY! keep writing. itz so relevant!
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jaims
8/14/2013 08:53:51 pm
cool i'm glad this helped someone
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