Opportunities-are-only-for-the-prepared-minds

OpportunitiesareonlyforthepreparedmindsLifeisfullofchallenges,ifuhappentocomeacrossoneofthem,thencongratulations，itmeansthatugetanopportunitytoachieveurgoal,justgraspitandthenitisurs.However,althoughopportunitiesropentoeveryone,theyrnotequaltoeveryone.Opportunitycanbehiddeninanapple,orbearrangedinthesteam,orjustgoalongwiththelight.Inordertofindit,uneedapreparedmindaswellasacarefulheart.Itissaidthat“theweakgiveuptheopportunity,thestronggrasptheopportunity,butthewisemanmaketheopportunity”.TotakeBillGatesasanexample:whengateswasafreshman,hehadalreadydreamedtosetupacomputercompanywithhisfriend.However,hisparentswereopposedtosupporthimandcompelledhimtofocusonhisstudy.Insteadofgivingup,hestudiedmoreaboutcomputerinthefirstyear,andwhenthefirstmicrocomputercameoutthenextyear,hethoughtitwasthetimetodosomething——hedroppedoutofschooltofulfillhisdream.Gatespreparedwellbeforehegraspedthechance,sohemadeit.Gates’storyalsoremindusthatwhilereadingthebiography,weshouldnotonlypayattentiontotheoutcomeofthefamouspeople,butalsothehardprocedureofmakingsuccess.Itisnowonderthattheyrallthepreparedminds.OpportunitiescametoEdisonafterhishundredspreparation,guidinghimtoinventtheelectriclight;opportunitiescametoScofieldafterhisthousandstrying,givinghimthechancestobreaktheprison;opportunitiescametoChrisGardnerafterhisconstantefforts,lettinghimhearthebellofhappiness;andopportunitiesfinallycametomeafterone-yeardiligentstudy,tellingmethatIamoneofthescholarshipowners.SowhatIamintendedtoshowisthatopportunitiesralwaysforthepreparedminds.However,nowadayssomeofthecollegestudentsrholdingthewrongconceptofbeingasuccessfulperson,andit’scommontofindthatmostofthemrjustwaitingfortheopportunitiesinsteadofequippingthemselveswithasmanythingsaspossibletograspthechances.Asthesocialcompetitionisgettingmoreandmorefierce,itisvitalimportantforustoenrichourknowledgeandbroadenourhorizontocatchtheopportunitiesthatrpreparedforus.Soladiesandgentlemen,don’thesitatetorethinkwhetheruravailableornot,theopportunityisapproaching,areyouready?国际经济与贸易本科二班（InternationalEconomicandTradeclass2）申梦杰（sheila）