Opportunities come: Rarely though

Opportunities are blessings in disguise. They come without a knock on the door and they come for a reason.

An Opportunity is basically your environment challenging you. Your environment has complete faith in you, hence it provides you this challenge. The question, then, is - Do you have faith in YOURSELF?
When an opportunity comes in, the trick is to take it. Of course, it means coming out of your comfort zone and doing something beyond your normal routine, with a fair chance that it may not all go well. That is why it is called an Opportunity, right?

It is your testing time, time to prove YOURSELF to yourself.

So how do you go further, after taking the opportunity.
Prepare, Prepare, Prepare: The idea is to give it your 100%, so that you do not have to regret later. Even if the result is not fully as you expected, you would have the satisfaction that you gave it your best shot.
What could be the learnings from taking an opportunity.
1) How far can I go? Opportunities help us to understand our capabilities. We have a limited view of what we can do. With these challenges, we realize the latent strengths within ourselves which we never foresaw before. They increase our risk taking appetite and help us to grow as more confident individuals. The next time an opportunity arrives, we will be better prepared.
2) Lateral Thinking: When faced with challenges, our brain comes up with new and unexpected ways of doing things, which perhaps we would never imagine during normal times. Out of the box solutions come in when the mind is pushed to the brim and these ideas can be used for future as well.
3) Learning for future: Every opportunity teaches us how to cope up with them better the next time. The flaws in our handling the present opportunity (which there will be) gear up to tackle them better the next time. Every opportunity is a great learning experience and it brings with is a wealth of knowledge for future.
4) Support for Acquaintances: When our close ones see us handle opportunities (with ease), they begin to have greater faith is us and see us as a valuable support.
5) Great Moral Booster: In our difficult times, it is these opportunities which give us strength and remind us that we are winners. We have won in the past and handled several situations effectively. Undoubtedly, we would come out of future ones just as well.
Opportunities do not come often. However, when they do come, we need to accept them and give it our best shot. Thereafter, inhale in the success, learn from your failures and let these situations give you the boost to handle future ones.
Would like to hear about opportunities (blessings) that came your way and how you handled them.
Let them flow in.