Many people don’t SEE opportunity because they have never IDENTIFIED what it looks like.

Thomas Edison said,

 “Opportunity is missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Can you imagine searching for someone that you have never seen? How hard would it be to find someone that you never knew anything about? We have to keep our eyes open because opportunity is disguised many times by a statement someone makes, a disposition someone displays, a need someone has, an idea that popped into your mind, a passion that drives you, an injustice that grips your heart. What opportunities are around you today? What are you going to do with those opportunities? Will you be mindful of the time and make the most of it?

 Psalm 118:24

“This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”  

Why do we rejoice? Because God is good, and He has given us an opportunity to take hold of each and every day. Don’t let the days pass by waiting for tomorrow to bring you something better. Use today to its maximum potential. What are you going to do today to get you one step closer to your dreams tomorrow? Don’t let tomorrow show up and not be ready for it. Prepare today so that tomorrow is better. If you murder time today, you will go to opportunity prison tomorrow! Embrace today. There is no time like the present to start doing what you’ve always wanted to do. Today is a gift, that’s why it’s called the present, unwrap it!

“Remember, life is nothing more than the sum total of many successful years:

a successful year is nothing more than the sum total of many successful months:

a successful month is nothing more than the sum total of many successful weeks:

a successful week is nothing more than the sum total of many successful days.

That’s why practicing successful habits day in and day out is the most certain way to win over the long term.”

~ Robert Ringer

When you plant seeds of greatness in yourself today, your future will one day sprout great rewards. Like the paint that goes on the canvas to create a great picture, so our choices will determine what our masterpiece will be. Make the choice today to do all you can to paint a better future and destiny. Coach John Wooden said,

“Make everyday your masterpiece.”

~ Taken from my book, “Life Rules”