When Opportunity Knocks

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Although we may be a little wary about being called opportunistic ~ the exploitation of chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle ~ nature doesn’t have the same qualms about it. In nature, when opportunity knocks it is invited in really quickly!

When the circumstances are right, seeds germinate, plants grow. And before you know it, those same plants are flowering and creating seeds of their own in order to perpetuate their cycle of life. And plants do so with vigorous vitality.
The same is true for animals. As soon as their food supply reaches a certain levels of abundance, their babies get born... Something that we ‘ooh’ and ‘ah’ about when it is about horses, deer, or pretty much any kind of birds... It is something we are not quite as fond of when the same thing happens to pesky critters like mice or rats.

Yet the principle remains the same; when the circumstances become (more) beneficial, in other words when opportunity knocks ~ it is invited in.
Nature has no problem being called opportunistic ~ in nature making the most of opportunities that present themselves is an asset that can greatly benefit the species.

So what makes us so cautious about opportunities? Almost like any opportunity coming our way is too good to be true. There has to be a catch... Something like that never happens to me... And pretty soon we have made enough excuses to not make use of the opportunity that came knocking ~ and rather than opening the door and inviting opportunity in, we just glance at it carefully opening the door just a crack before slamming it shut again.

It is a curious thing.
Why not make use of an opportunity when it is coming our way; just like nature does?

Part of the answer to that question may be that we are ‘programmed’ that we need to work hard to get where we want to go. As they would say in my native language; only the sun rises for free ~ implying that anything else in life costs you money, or at least is something you need to put time and effort into. And an attitude like that can make you distrust anything that comes into your life effortlessly.
There has to be a catch...

Looking at the opportunistic way nature makes use of the resources available, this doesn’t seem to be true. At least not always. Often when opportunity knocks, it is just that: an opportunity coming your way.
Or, from a more spiritual perspective, perhaps it is the universe trying to help you along on your path...
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