Send to KindleShe was about 16 years old and stood behind the lectern with noticeable trepidation. She overcame her nerves though and delivered the speech. It was short and to the point, unfortunately too short, but it left me with an interesting point to ponder.
The speech was part of a youth organization contest for which I was a volunteer judge. What captured my attention during her presentation was what I took to be a mistake. The young woman said “door of opportunity,” but then quickly corrected herself and said “window of opportunity.”
Window of opportunity is the common phrase, but I’ve thought a lot about her little slip. In fact, we should see opportunity as a door, not a window. When we look out the window, we see opportunity, but if we must step out the door to grasp it.
Are you looking through the window, or are you ready to step out the door and grab that next opportunity?
