"Deadlines, commitments, what to leave in, what to leave out." There is a song in there somewhere. We all face deadlines of sorts. We all have commitments. What we say we'll do, limits what we can do. For every opportunity we take, there are others we miss.
The danger isn't in missing an opportunity. The danger is missing the wrong opportunity. It requires focus and vision to know what opportunities are worth passing by. There are many people who chase after a dream only to find that it didn't bring them the happiness they hoped it would, and in the end it caused them to miss the best things in their lives. Cat Stevens sang "The Cat's in the Cradle." John Anderson sang, "I Wish I Could have been There."
Who knows how many other people were busy chasing a deadline, only to find out that they missed out on so many other things. A great work ethic is a wonderful thing, and rare these days. Having a dream to chase is great, too. But if we aren't careful we may spend most of our lives in the pursuit of what we don't have, at the cost of what we do.
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