I’m faced with the opportunity so many times a day.  And too often, I ignore it.  The moment slips through my fingers due to my own impatience.

It’s not a book deal or a speaking engagement.  No, it’s bigger than that.

But I brush it aside and think I’ll tend to it later.  I pretend that the words I’m writing or the dishes I’m washing or the clothes I’m folding are more urgent than this opportunity.

But what good am I as a writer if I don’t live the words I write?

How could dishes ever be more important than this?

I could focus on all the missed opportunities and feel like even more of a failure. Or I can put on a smile and really listen to the little ones prattling around me.  I could slow down long enough to be purposeful in my training.

I could remember that I’m raising generations.  And that’s a bigger opportunity than any blog post or job proposal.

Oh, and the dishes?  I’m still trying to remember that they’re an important part of it, too.  Because each day I have a hundred little opportunities “to do everything to the glory of the one Who made me…”

Five-Minute Friday: opportunity

“Raising Generations” necklace by The Vintage Pearl courtesy of September McCarthy’s recent giveaway!