What do you feel in your belly when you hear the word “opportunity”?
I confess, I think about friends in the past attempting to induce me into one or another network marketing business. Sometimes the opportunities were worthwhile for me, otherwise we just didn’t match up at all.
Unfortunately the residue of “not matching” tends to rumble in my belly when I first hear this word which is actually, quite a favorable word. It is even in the top 1% of words looked up at Merriam-Webster.com.
Apparently a lot of us want to figure out their relationship with opportunity.
This is a natural time of year to interact with it as we reflect upon what was and step into what is yet to be. We do know one thing: opportunities will show up. They may show up in strange disguises though so we don’t necessarily recognize them when they tap our shoulder or ring our front doorbell.
This morning I played with the word opportunity and opportunities. Playing with words is one of the ways I get closer to its meaning, I come to know it better, just like as children playing with the neighborhood kids helped us to get to know one another – as well as ourselves – even better.
I started with just the word: Opportunities.
And then I added to it:
Opportunities are.
And added some more:
Opportunities are risky.
And then, this burst out:
Opportunities are risky invitations to move beyond the current parameters of life. Opportunities lead to “I did it, I did it, I did it!”
I played with images, one of which is at the top of this blog post and along with that image I placed the Merriam-Webster definition which I love for so many reasons:
- a favorable juncture of circumstances
- a good chance for advancement or progress
The first one sounds so British. I can hear a male voice,
sort of mid-range, speaking it aloud and it makes me melt, just like that. Isn’t
that wonderful?
Are you ready to play with me in the Land of Opportunities?
How about are you ready to play with me in the Land of YOUR opportunities?
Let’s take a stroll through the land of opportunity.
There, ahead, I see quite a favorable juncture!
Get better acquainted with the word, in either the same way I did or perhaps using other creative tools. Grab markers or crayons and make it decorative. See if you have any belly upset attached to it so that you may erase it away and once again, become enamored with YOUR adventures in opportunity which are right around the corner.
I’ll be back later today with more of my own play to inspire and as a way to walk alongside you.
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