Converting Challenges to Opportunities

With summer having taken over from spring and the days now hotter than ever, the early morning mist had finally disappeared to reveal a preciously colored canvas of nature in all its flowering glory.

It was one such morning that my attention was diverted by fluttering of a pigeon trying hard to leave the ground with a large twig held stubbornly between its beak. I was all at once intrigued as well as amused by the antics of the bird. With my attention now held, a short while later, the pigeon had finally succeeded in staying aloft and reaching its nest with the large twig held securely in its beak. I was now truly flustered, for the little bird already had in place a well built sturdy nest protruding from under the air conditioner vent.

The cause and effect was later realized when I found a small puddle of water besides the nest poured-in by the dripping air conditioner above the nest. Placed between the air-conditioner and its metal frame was that twig transporting the droplets to this puddle, which otherwise were soaking the nest below.

I was charmed by the act of this bird, which didn’t abandon its nest, rather confronted and converted the challenge to an opportunity in which lay solution for another challenge of scanty water sources.

Faced with an ocean of sand, many will be deterred by the hardships a desert has to offer while some would welcome the possibility of discovering a hidden oasis. Challenges are nothing but masked opportunities and with optimism and enthusiasm alone you can reveal them which help develop new skills and capabilities that will enable you to stand out as one among many.

“Opportunities are missed by most because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work!”