The Golden Opportunity

How many times have you thought luck has passed you by? You really wanted a promotion at work, you wanted your spouse to stop drinking or another negative behavior or you thought if you kept playing the lottery, your turn would come up soon.

Did you know none of these things are based on luck or golden opportunity? The power to change these situations is deep within you and it is just a matter of letting it out. If you want a promotion at work, get yourself noticed. Dress professionally. Show up a little early, stay a little late and never do anything less than your best work. Be friendly and greet everyone with a smile no matter how rough your day is going. These are the qualities that will get you noticed by upper management and promoted. Luck has nothing to do with it, how you act and the image you project has everything to do with it.

If your spouse indulges in negative behaviors, the golden opportunity in this situation is for you to realizeno amount of wishing or luck will change another person until they choose to make changes within themselves, you will continue to be in a relationship full of false hope and lies. The healthy thing to do is remove yourself from any negative situation, you can still love and care from a distance but do not allow someone else's destructive habits bring you down with them.

The golden opportunities are out there and you need only help create them for yourself. Think about the things you want, do you want more money? Love? Better relationships? All the wishing in the world won't make it happen, but you have the positivity and power within yourself to start a side business that will bring in more money, find a love that is good for you or take steps yourself for a better relationship. It is just a matter of putting forth the effort yourself.

The golden opportunity and the ability to make those opportunities a reality is deep within you and only needs to be encouraged to come out.
 posted by Friends of Leah