Show OPPORTUNITY How often one hears heats it said I could have been as great as he but butI I was never given the opportunity What is this wonderful thing soI so I frequently referred to and to tc whom it is restricted Apparently some I 1 believe that it is a 3 gift ift offered to only a favored few who immediately upon receiving it arc are borne upward I by its wonderful qualities to the height of fortuno fortune without further I effort upon their part Too often those imbued with such a n belief wait wain i patiently with idle hands contented contented- contentedly ly dreaming of future success each cach confident nt that the God of Chance at whose shrine they worship will choose him as the recipient of that wonderful gift girt by which he will be enabled to reach the hei height ht of fame famel I Thus they dream on Daily tasks forced upon them through h the necessity necessity sity of livin living arc li lightly regarded held in contempt and accomplished with no other thought than to end them in the quickest and easiest way possible As time goes on and old up upon n them h m the dreams to realization realization realization tion of wasted lives Embittered disillusioned cynical they cr crr crof cry r of the cruelty of fate Too late they learned that opportunity opportunity tunit is not a gift ift but the reward of preparation and tireless search that success is not a certain but only a possible result of opportunity As Asa Asa Asa a swimmer who has not trained is unable to get out in n the channel and forge his war way against the current but must be content to stay near the shore hore among the driftwood likewise the man who has not prepared him him- himself himself self elf to battle with the current of life must drift aimlessly with his fellow Idlers and seek sustenance from the tho tidbits that come within reach It jg is not there that opportunity is found Those who would grasp it must get out in midstream and have the deter deter- determination determination and preparation to battle on up sn stream where lies the he goal to- to towards towards to towards wards which it leads |