Week 10

Are You Expecting Opportunities to Come to You?

Most of us have heard the expression good things happen to good people and yet we still wonder what we've done wrong when nothing seems to be working in our favor. Are we not good people? I'm sure that if we are conscious of our actions then that is not the case. So what's the problem?

The problem is that good things aren't just going to fall into our laps, and yet we still expect them to. A lot of the time I find myself envious of other people because everything just seems to go their way. I tell myself that they are more successful because their parents were more successful, they knew more people who could give them access to opportunities...and on and on it goes.

However, after looking back at my life experiences, as well as others', I realize that I've just made excuses for why I am not and cannot be more successful than someone else. Maybe people who come from wealthy families aren't just successful because money follows them wherever they go. Perhaps people from wealthy families are successful because their family's wealth has given them confidence. All of us have the ability to be confident, and yet most of us have a difficult time trying to access it.



My sister had a few of her friends over this weekend and I knew it was just easier for me to go upstairs and not be social. I love being around people and yet I find myself intimidated upon meeting new people. However, if I waited for everyone to come to me I would be waiting forever and I would learn nothing from anyone else in the process.

Yes, we can hope that everyone else has the mentality that they have to go out and get what they want. But we have to start thinking that what we want matters too. Don't wait for things to come to you, don't wait to see where life will take you...instead, see what you can do with life.