Until Something Better Comes Along

I heard it again the other day, “I’m just doing what I gotta do until something better comes along.”  NEWS FLASH…It won’t. Opportunities don’t move, You Do!

It may seem like time is the governor of opportunity.  In reality, opportunity is the realization of focus and readiness.  For example, if you are a nurse and a head nurse position becomes available, that is an opportunity for you.  If you are a nurse and a doctor position becomes available, that is an opportunity, just not for you.  If you are a nurse who just finished medical school and a doctor position becomes available, that is an opportunity for you.  There are doctor and head nurse positions offered everyday but if that is not your aim or if you are not ready to fulfill them, you may not notice them.

Many people have dead-end jobs, jobs they despise, and jobs for which they are grossly overqualified and undercompensated.  At times, working these jobs is a necessary evil.  Doing something you don’t like year after year can kill your drive, ambition, and morale.  Humans can adapt to anything and it’s easy to become comfortable and/or complacent with anything, even if we don’t want to.  No one knows what the future holds; therefore, I can’t say there won’t be a time when you or I may have to work a dead-end job to makes ends meet.  However, merely reciting to yourself and others that you are just doing what you have to do until something better comes along is the statement that will ensure that you live the rest of your days unfulfilled and retire poor.

Doing what you have to do is what you have to do.  While you are doing what you have to do, find ways to set up what you want to do.  If you really are truly waiting for something better, make yourself better in the meantime.  Focus on what you think you are waiting for so that your senses will be attuned to recognize all the possibilities that exist at every junction in your life.  Don’t wait – act, improve and be ready when you see the opportunity you seek.     

-- Wood Butler, Jr.

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