Opportunities but at what cost

Life is a series of opportunities, some minor and some major. Whilst some people tend to dwell on missed opportunities as opportunities lost, should we just see them as an opportunity not taken because another was more important or the cost was too high for it to be taken?

When faced with the opportunity of a life time, some people take it some people don't. The results can be varied life; long regrets or other opportunities taken. A once in a life time opportunity doesn't always yield positive results, whilst in 10 years time we will dismiss our experience as just that... experience, was it one that had to happen? When looked at in daylight wrong decisions are wrong decisions regardless of the experienced gain especially if by all other measures is a wrong move.

The most difficult part of calling a wrong decision a wrong decision before it has been made is the realisation that it is a once in a life time opportunity never again will it occur or come close to occurring, luckily there will be other opportunities and looking back you can see that there is nothing to regret because the right decision was made regardless of the opportunity that presented it self. People often forget the expensive costs involved which would be utilised on things which are much more important than a whim or a chance opportunity and I'm not just talking money.

As they say, when one door closes another opens. It may not be the once in a lifetime opportunity but it may be one that gives much more than a once in a lifetime opportunity could ever offer.