Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a "ground floor opportunity", as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
空气到处都有，我们是如此容易得到它，以至我们常将其易得性视为理所当然。可一旦失去它，我们只能活几分钟。基本上，谁都能呼吸到空气，谁都需要空气。有的人呼吸空气只为碌碌无为地生活着，或是在懊悔中度过余生。有的人呼吸空气并利用它提供的能量使自己的生活绚丽多彩。
机会也是如此。机会无处不在。机会如此易得以至我们对此视为理所当然。然而只有机会并不能获得成功，而必须抓住机会，见机行事，创造佳绩。许多人都渴望能夺得先机，似乎只要夺得先机就能万事大吉。这是不可能的。
正如你需要呼吸空气一样，你需要机会才能成功。然而成功靠的并不仅仅是随手可得的机会。你必须利用机会。成功并不取决于机会，而是取决于你。重要的并不是你在哪一个阶段遇见机会，而是面对机会你是如何把握的。
相关单词：freely
freely解释：adv.自由地，随便地，无拘无束地
freely例句：
She was unable to keep back her tears,and wept freely.她抑制不住泪水，痛痛快快地哭了起来。
A liquid flows freely and has no fixed shape.液体能自由流动，无固定形态。
相关单词：granted
granted解释：conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡
granted例句：
The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。
相关单词：sustain
sustain解释：vt.保持，供养，维持，支持，经受
sustain例句：
During the war we had just enough food to sustain us.战争期间，我们的食物仅够维持生活。
These four posts sustain the entire building.这四根柱子支撑着整座建筑物。
相关单词：magnificent
magnificent解释：adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的
magnificent例句：
The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。
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