Opportunities

I am in the midst of writing this essay for Columbia, which asks for one opportunity I have identified and taken. I was walking down memory lane and going the list of opportunities that I have seized in life. I have decided that though the event I am eventually going to write about happened some time ago, I want to write about it mainly because it pretty much changed the way I led my life, and has contributed largely in bringing me where I am today.

The opportunity doesn't have anything to do with business decisions, but are more personal decisions. But I can talk about the things I had to change inside to accept the opportunity and how it has led me to where I am. Isn't that what essays are all about? Or should I write about a business opportunity, which did prove beneficial but not necessarily as shattering as the other one. Hmmmm.

On a side note, there was this guy sailing a R/c boat in the lagoon near work, distracted us during a meeting and caused me to comment, "what happens if his boat runs out of fuel". And wonder of wonders it just did. He is out there paddling his kayak to bring the R/c boat back in tow. :)