The Great Opportunity Is Where You Are

April 21, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 227 Views intention, John Burroughs, Opportunity

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. –John Burroughs

John Burroughs was an American Essayist and amateur naturalist. I think in this quote Burroughs is trying to remind us that its easy to look far away and imagine great deeds we could accomplish, but the important thing is to be in the here and now, and make something of the current situation. Burroughs also said, “The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” The idea being that if we are looking too far afield at too great a task, we are more apt to fail that if we take care of the details of what needs done today.

B. John

Records and Content Management consultant who enjoys good stories and good discussion. I have a great deal of interest in politics, religion, technology, gadgets, food and movies, but I enjoy most any topic. I grew up in Kings Mountain, a small N.C. town, graduated from Appalachian State University and have lived in Atlanta, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Dayton and Tampa since then.