Opportunity is the father of invention, but not everyone has the same opportunities. That doesn't mean they don't have opportunities, it means they need to keep their eyes open for the opportunities uniquely presenting to them. You can attract more opportunities or drive them away by your actions.
People end up spending too much time upset that someone somewhere had different and maybe better opportunities than they do. They might blame the world's systems, but there's literally no system that can affect temporal or physical proximity.
Jon Bon Jovi and his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley have been together for 40 years and married for 31. Many women might go "why can't *I* be married to Jon Bon Jovi?", and the answer is simply that you didn't go to high school with him, you never had a chance. Abolishing capitalism wouldn't have changed anything. Changing who was president or in congress wouldn't have changed anything. Having a king or an emperor wouldn't have changed anything. You just weren't there, don't dwell on it.
On the other hand, every day we're surrounded by our own lives, and there are opportunities totally specific and unique to each of us. Instead of dwelling on the ones we don't have, we should instead focus on the ones we do have or could have if we put in the work.
People end up spending too much time upset that someone somewhere had different and maybe better opportunities than they do. They might blame the world's systems, but there's literally no system that can affect temporal or physical proximity.
Jon Bon Jovi and his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley have been together for 40 years and married for 31. Many women might go "why can't *I* be married to Jon Bon Jovi?", and the answer is simply that you didn't go to high school with him, you never had a chance. Abolishing capitalism wouldn't have changed anything. Changing who was president or in congress wouldn't have changed anything. Having a king or an emperor wouldn't have changed anything. You just weren't there, don't dwell on it.
On the other hand, every day we're surrounded by our own lives, and there are opportunities totally specific and unique to each of us. Instead of dwelling on the ones we don't have, we should instead focus on the ones we do have or could have if we put in the work.
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I was agreeing with you, but then just expanding somewhat.
I have an entire section about opportunity in the graysonian ethic for just these sort of reasons.
I have an entire section about opportunity in the graysonian ethic for just these sort of reasons.