The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.
Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That‘s impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That‘s not up to the opportunity. That‘s up to you. It doesn‘t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
我们如此自由的呼吸空气，以至于我们觉得想当然。然而，如果没有它，我们连几分钟的时间都无法生存。在大多数情况下，同样的空气是提供给大家，每个人都需要它。有人用空气来维持他们，却无所事事，只在那暗自神伤。有的人呼吸空气并利用它提供的能量使自己的生活绚丽多彩。
机会是同样的道理。它无处不在。机会是如此的容易得到，我们也觉得是想当然。然而只有机会是足不能够成功的。必须抓住机遇，采取行动，以具有价值。因此，因此很多人急切的等待着得到一个从天而降的机会，好像这个机会是万能的。（但是）这是不可能的。
正如你需要呼吸空气一样，你需要机会才能成功。但是这机会不像呼吸空间那么简单，但是。你必须利用这个机会。这是达不到的机会。这是给你的。“自天而降”的机会有什么用不要紧。重要的是你用它做什么
