Be prepared for the opportunities.

As I have written before this, opportunities are always around. The only obstacles are our own differing inclinations and unpreparedness.

When it comes to inclinations, we may be born with certain talents at which we somehow find we are better at. To know our inclinations, our talents, we have to find our strengths and weaknesses, our potentials and our limits, we must be prepared to test ourselves. To do that, we ought to get involved in as many activities as time allows. The opportunities are always out there but if we grab those opportunities which coincide with our strengths and potentials, then success is easily within reach.

If we are prepared and know ourselves well, then, we; our precious children and us, will be ready to take up the opportunities as they are made available.

Recently, I was asked by some parents to tutor their children in the English Language so as to assist them to have a better chance to get the opportunity to be selected for the Asian Scholarships in Singapore.

The children also have to sit for a mathematics paper and an intelligence test. The children knew of their being selected for the qualifying examination only eleven days from the date. So, the parents searched for tutors for the various subjects.
This act of the parents indicates clearly that they realize the opportunities can only be their children’s if their children can prove they are well prepared for the standard expected of them.

Needless to say, those who are not prepared will have to face disappointment. Of course, those who are well prepared ought to be confident of a place.

Here again, we see how important it is to be prepared for any of life’s challenges. Thus, parents ought to know what areas ought to be covered in their parenting so as to enable their children to avail themselves of the opportunities that abound.