Chances of Success

People often handle life as they do bad weather.

They while away the time waiting for it to stop.

Yet the tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

Opportunity knocks all the time,

But you've got to be ready for it.

When your chance comes,

You must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

The race is not to the swift

Or the battle to the strong,

For time and chance happen to everyone.

Take a second look at what appears

To be someone's "good luck."

You'll find not luck but preparation,

Planning and success-producing thinking.

When you're prepared for opportunity

Your chance for success is sure to come.

The season of failure is the best time

For sowing the seeds of success.