Grab The Bull By The Horns

A young man wished to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, "Son, go stand out in that field. I'm going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter." The young man stood in the field awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out came the biggest, meanest looking bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through. The barn door opened again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life. It stood pawing the ground, it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better choice than this one he thought. He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through. The door opened a third time. A smile came across his face. This was the weakest bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull, he said to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to grab..... But alas..... The bull had no tail.

Reflection

It's frightening to look back on our lives and see how many opportunities we have missed because we never had the courage to snap it up right away. You remember an old proverb that says "Opportunity knocks only once"? Well it certainly does. That single moment in our life comes only once and never returns. We may end up getting similar opportunities later on, but that exact one will never come again. Too many of us let opportunities pass because we think a better one will come later… You'll be waiting all your life for a better opportunity. Successful people never wait for the next better opportunity. They grab what comes along and make the most out of what is given to them at that exact moment.

Life is full of opportunities, some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult and some even hidden in a special way, but once we let them pass they may never again be available. So, always grab the first opportunity you see.

May you have an awesome week, full of exciting opportunities
- Darren Zwiers

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations” - Charles R. Swindoll