Is Opportunity Always Knocking?

What lifts us awake from a deep sleep? How do we know when it's time to awaken, to take action? To move,to act, to decide. When do we seize a moment and when do we walk away? The truth is there is always something waiting for us, the hard part of this truth is sometimes we stand in our own way in receiving it. No matter what our situation, opportunity is always knocking. The question is, will we answer the door or will the knocking be drowned out by chatty complaints or barking unsatisfied longings? I believe that something is always being offered to us, even in the most heart wrenching situations, something is being offered up. The trick is allowing ourselves to be exactly where we are, feel exactly what we are feeling and offer something back up in return. Grief, sadness, guilt, anger, depression, anxieties..... I believe these are gifts in our lives. Without these opportunities we would never know our own strengths, we would never find what truly lies in our hearts.... compassion, grace, tenderness, kindness, forgiveness and love. We must learn to take our opportunities with grace and ease, learn to love our challenges and decide when to wake up from the dream, when what is being offered is no longer what we will settle for, when we have truly outgrown our situations.... even when we want to go back, when we don't understand why things have to move along, when we want to be donned in the clothes that used to fit us, the phone will be ringing. Life will be calling, we must accept what is changing and use the opportunity in front of us to create a new wardrobe, answer the call and step into the light of who we are.