OPPORTUNITY is a word used to describe a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. 'Circumstances' are sometimes understood as things beyond our control; they just are, but they can also be changed and manipulated.
Opportunities derive from the way we change and manipulate circumstances. They are hopeful, and they are possible.
We can certainly manufacture our own opportunities, but often we are granted opportunities by others, like gifts to lift us up and support us making it possible for us to do something. Everyone needs opportunities in life, and the more we have, the higher our chances of relative success. Opportunities should never be wasted.
At the same time, though, we sometimes fail to capitalize on an opportunity despite our best efforts to try. This is alright because that effort then becomes the manifestation of an opportunity to learn from the failure or misstep. These opportunities to learn from mistakes are the most valuable opportunities that exist. If failure were anything but opportunities to learn, then nobody would ever learn how to ride a bicycle.
The "O" in hope connotes opportunities; those that we create for ourselves by having the will to change and manipulate circumstances, and those that we derive from the efforts of others to change and mnaipulate circumstances on our behalf.Â
Everyone needs opportunities in life to be successful.
