Calamity and Opportunity

One person sees something as a calamity and another person comes and see that very same thing as an opportunity.
The difference between the two person:
1. Choice
2. Readiness to see something as it is.

Choice
We can understand choice. We can choice to see anything as how we want to see it.

Readiness
One person sees something such as a market crash as an opportunity plainly because that person is ready to see it as such. Our previous experience helps us to see things differently. When I was still in college I was presented with an opportunity to start exploring the business world. When I saw the money requirement - P800, I got cold feet (I can only afford P200 :D) and started rejecting the idea of pursuing the opportunity. If I have pursued that opportunity I would have grown in the knowledge of handling personal finance. Another experience that I can remember was, when I was in college I was asked to go to the camp but the registration fee is P3, 600. Again, I can only afford way less than the amount so I just drop the idea of going. Now, I see many young people in the church selling/making money just to go to the camps. I realized I was not ready so I made a poor choice in not stretching and taking up the challenge. Have I choose to see it as an opportunity then I would have grown mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And I would say that these young people who financed their way to the camps are in better position than I was because they stepped up.