Opportunity

Any event, object or person that comes across our path.

The multiple stimulations we are exposed to constitute the scope of opportunities or field of opportunities. Friendly thinking enables us to seize the opportunity hidden everywhere. If we are part of the scholastic culture and we come across a person who is gathering honey, we shall become curious and learn a few things from him. Namely, the initial reaction towards almost any new thing we are exposed to shall be responsiveness, curiosity, interest, stimulation.

However, people who are not part of the scholastic culture might react with crude rejection and declare that they are not interested in honey.

Under regular circumstances we are faced with much more opportunities than we can seize and enjoy. For instance, the number of women is enormous, and we cannot possibly refer to them all; there are much more books than we can possibly read; there are much more sites around the world than we can possibly visit. Thus, in Friendship School we dedicate considerable time to sharpening our selection tools. We should learn how to identify the scope of opportunities and to select a handful of things that suit our capabilities. Each one of us is supposed to reach a point I refer to as “blessed troubles”, meaning an option to choose between good and good, or between good and better and not between good and bad.

In scholastic culture, if we use the example of the honey again, if we remain ignorant of this subject, it is not because we are not interested in the subject, but because we chose to prefer other subjects. With such high-quality tools we could also face events which are perceived as negative and maybe even disastrous. If a certain terrible loss occurs, we shall not mourn and agonize, we might even discover that an opportunity arose for something else, perhaps even for a better thing. We shall know how to fill the void within us through one of the numerous opportunities surrounding us. If, for example, a person is fired, he might be able to channel himself towards a new job, or towards more interesting occupations.