FRANCOIS FENELON ON READING

"If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all"- Francois Fenelon

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY

 

“Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.”

-Samuel Smiles, (1812-1904) .

 

“Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity that you miss the right opportunity.”

- Michael Dell (1965- )

 

OPPORTUNITY

Opportunity is like a strip of gold

Requesting that we should take its hold

Lest it gets slip before we are old

 

Opportunity comes to those who are bold

Who never consider life as cold

But would rather rise tall among his fold

 

Opportunity leads in success road

It helps men in lifting life’s load

and prevent men under discouragement from being sold

 

May opportunity always our ways flow

So we may be able to grab them and glow

And thereby make our lives to grow 

 

Copyright 2013 Fabiyi Agboola Caleb.  

 

 

‘Opportunity’ poem digestion

Life presents each and every one of us with one opportunity or the other at one point or the other in our lives. The question is, ‘what are we doing with these opportunities?’  The greatest opportunity in life is the opportunity to be alive, because all other opportunities are wrapped up in this singular opportunity; as they say, ‘when there is live there is hope.’ As long as we are alive, our challenge then, is to constantly grab the opportunities that come our ways in life. I ask you, how are you making use of the gift of life? If you were asked to give account of your life today, what would you say you’ve done with your life? This reminds me of what George Bernard Shaw said. He said, ‘I think there should be a tribunal where everybody would be compelled to appear once a year to give reasons why they should be allowed to keep on living for the next year!’ If such should exist today, what would you say in front of the tribunal? Do you think what you are doing today will give them enough conviction to give you the permission to keep on living for the next year? Won’t they pronounce on you, ‘execute him/her, he/she is not making use of the opportunity of the gift of living and he/she is not contributing anything to the universe’? Are you making any impact in your little world or are you just wasting the resources of the universe? Please take time to think these things through and start making use of every opportunity that comes your way and your life will be really worth the living!

 

Many people complain of lack of opportunity in life. If we examine the cases of these people very well, it might well be that they do have opportunities, but, it's just that, they have never been grabbing them. Are you complaining of lack opportunity? Do not! If you just examine yourself very well now and also look around you very well, you will discover that, countless opportunities abound, beckoning to you to make use of them.

‘A wise man’ somebody once observed, ‘creates opportunity for himself where he cannot find one’. How about that? Why not create opportunity for yourself today, even if there seems to be none now!

 

Now, here is a little assignment for you right now:

Make a list of 10 opportunities that you have, and have  not been maximizing up until now.

Also, for each of these opportunities, write your new plan of actions to begin right now, to maximize them.

 

PLEASE DO NOT STOP HERE, CARRY OUT THE EXERCISE, NOW!!!

 

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SHINING LIKE A STAR!

STARS always shine brightest in the darkest nights. You can only become a STAR when the BEST in YOU comes out in the most difficult times. Use the darkness around you as opportunity to SHINE!

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YOU are welcome to my Blog! I am Fabiyi Agboola Caleb. I am an Inspirational Poet and Writer who is committed to Inspiring Millions of people all over the world, through my articles, poems, books and speeches. This Blog is actually a forerunner of my book, "Hello To Excellence, To Hell With Mediocrity- Poetic Inspiration for Excellent Achievements", which is scheduled to be published later  this year. I will be sharing with you here my articles, thoughts, poems and excerpts from my books.

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Today, I want to begin by sharing this poem, "Excellence In Our World", with you. Here we go:

 

EXCELLENCE IN OUR WORLD

(Dedicated to the United Nations)

 

Citizens of the World, in all nations and continents

the success of  everyone in everywhere is pertinent

and with mediocrity will we no longer be convenient

until excellence among us all is  made permanent

 

Citizens of the World, let us all be strong

Though some of us may sometimes be wrong

Yet, this one thing I  do know – it’ll not be long

We shall,  all, together, sing a new song!

 

Citizens of the World, we shall be made big

When the goldmine within us we dig

And wear the great wisdom of the sage like a wig

Then our lands  shall be fruitful like a fig

 

Citizens of the World, be bold and be brave

And let us unerringly after dignity, crave

To serve humanity before we go to the grave

And spread greatness to all and sundry like a wave

 

(c) 2013 Fabiyi Agboola Caleb.

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