Many of us have heard and maybe sometimes experienced, lines like "Opportunity strikes the Door Once", "Make Hay while the Sun shines". Needless to say what they mean, but I did experience the insight of those couple of times. Opportunity(the cable guy) did only knocked the Door once, and that was the time, when I stepped out of my apartment for a brief moment. This so called opportunity failed and, left me in darkness(read lacking Internet) for an additional week. That's when I realized, how and why the wise people emphasized on Opportunity.
Prior to the software bubble burst, every NASDAQ/Dow listed stock was roaring and soaring. One such stock was SUN(Sun Micro systems). The crash of Java and/or software bubble, tanked SUN the most. It being a big company, instead of making "Hay" most of them were waiting with a "Ray" of Hope. Eventually, it reverse split and finally changed names. When someone was supposed to "Make Hay while the SUN shines", "Made the Day when SUN was in Dimes".
The road to future is laid down by the actions in the present. A meticulous today can lead to a better tomorrow. Too much Anticipation can sometimes lead to cross roads. Addressing the Present with attention and dedication is baby step for success. During my childhood, I was told that if I could read and understand everything I learned that day at school, I need not worry about exams. For the most part of it, it always worked out.
Sometimes chances or occasions do winkle/flash enticing an opportunity for an unknown, surprising and new path. These winkles are perhaps are even fader than the lightening in the clouds. But these are momentary flashes only for the earnest ones who are sincere and desperate for progression.
Unfortunately, most of us today are Rip Van Winkles. Rip Van Winkle was a fairy tale taught during my childhood, how Rip Van Winkle ran away from his village for about 20 years, when comes back finds himself a total stranger in the society. Right from his attire to everything he finds that the people and the village was so advanced that neither they accept him as a part of their society, nor he feels comfortable living there.
Finally he goes back into the woods cursing himself for wasting all the good golden 20 years of his lifetime doing nothing but wandering in laziness.
The moral of the story is, if one needs to be a part of the system or a path one is travelling, it is always essential to be attentive and dedicated to the winkles that demand a change or help us reap/take advantage in our progression.
These earnest ones "Reap When Winkle" and turn successful. The rest remain as Rip Van Winkles.
