The Huge Opportunity Of Giving Opportunities
If we can, we should take every chance we get to trust others
Opportunity Givers
At some point, most of us will be opportunity givers. The day will come when we have enough experience and trust in some field or situation to be the ones giving someone else a chance to prove themselves. This is an honour we should handle easily and naturally. We shouldn’t crave it, hoard it or use it to our advantage. The possibility of allowing someone else to achieve their potential is a gift we can only pass on.
Despairing Moments
When deciding to follow our dreams, the path will often be unusual. Probably, it will take us to places and positions we have never experienced before. It is difficult enough to deal with hardship in familiar surroundings; to do so in a strange land is the work of heroes. It is only natural to feel despair when something does not go our way, and we ignore whether the support even exists. There is little more isolating than struggling in a foreign land. Nobody likes a loser at home, never mind when we are far from it. In these despairing moments, we need someone to give us an opportunity.
Worth
I refer to opportunity in the most literal sense: a favourable occasion for us to do what we came…