Today, a friend of mine contacted me about a difficult situation she was going through. Her boyfriend had recently broken up with her, as he wanted to marry another woman who had promised to take him out of the country and secure his future.
The lady was feeling so bad, and he even said she had not eaten, ever since they broke up, she had not been productive because she couldn't stop thinking about her boyfriend. She wasn't expecting to break up anytime soon because this guy had not given her any reason to doubt.
My response was different. I said that he was desperate, and even though they got married and he saw this kind of opportunity, he would still leave the marriage to do things like this. I said God just wants to protect her from this guy, I told her to move on with her life.
We all hunt opportunities
The truth is, we all want opportunities, and we are all brought up in school and in families to believe that opportunity comes but once, and if you miss it you might not see it again. Most people in this guy's shoes would have done the same. They would have chased the opportunity to leave the country for greener pastures rather than staying with those who truly love them.
The truth is, if we see an opportunity that will change our lives, we all are going to consider it. Still, there is something we must always put first, which is whether it is worth it because most people who are in the process of trying to chase what seems like an opportunity that will change their lives lose themselves, and some people even lose their lives.
a perfect example of what I'm saying is those Nigerians who travel to Libya with the plan to cross to Italy but end up drowning in the ocean and also end up in the slave trade just because they thought they saw an opportunity to change their life not knowing it is a trap and a quick exit from this world.
Just the way I see it
We are all opportunists, and it's in our nature to seize the opportunity that comes our way and to do everything we can to change our lives. Still, the question we should always ask ourselves when seeking an opportunity is if it's truly worth it.
Most people believe that there is no reward without risk, but the risk that you will take that you end up losing your sanity, or your life even your dignity, is not worth it.
Just another day at the gym.
