We all have missed opportunities in life

As we look back on our lives, I am sure there are many opportunities that we have missed out on. Maybe it was a financial venture. Maybe we had some money we had the opportunity to invest. Maybe it was an opportunity to help someone that was in need and we failed to do it and now we regret the fact that we failed to do it.

Years ago, there was a man by the name of Walter that had a good friend by the name of Arthur. One day Walter called Arthur and ask him to take a ride with him out in the country. They drove off the main road and kept driving until it seemed they were out in the middle of nowhere. Just a few horses grazing in the pasture and a couple of old shacks that wa just barely standing. Walter tried to convince his friend Arthur to buy some of the land. Walter said, “I am going to start a project and I am going to give you the opportunity to get in on the ground floor.” Walter explained to his friend Arthur that the main project was going to take all his money, but he said he would give him first chance at this surrounding acreage. Walter told his friend, “In the next five years the value would increase several times. Arthur thought how crazy the idea was. 25 mles from nowhere. He told his friend Walter that his money was tied up elsewhere and he was going to pass on the opportunity.

So Art Linkletter turned down the opportunity to buy up all the land that surrounded what was to become Disneyland. His friend Walt Disney tried to talk him into it! But Art thought he was crazy! Just how many opportunities do we let pass us by? Not an opportunity to make money, but just an opportunity to say a kind word to someone. Just take some time to listen, or even to invite someone to attend the services of the Church with you. “As we therefore have opportunity, let us do good to all men.” (Galations 6:10)