Agilely seize opportunities

Though the irrational view of ‘fortune favours fools’ might tickle the ears of compatriots who wish to use this flawed opinion as a psychological escape hatch, the more pragmatic of us would rather subscribe to the narrative that, fortune favours the super-agile. The lacerations inflicted by the COVID-19 scourge, compounded by the anxiety palpitated to all nooks and crannies of our country, has taught us the immense value of staying alert to opportunities and grabbing them before they dissipate.

In fact, the quickest way to face socio-economic oblivion is to inanely shut one’s ears and eyes to opportunities. In this context, perhaps no English expression beats the sayings, ‘Time and tide wait for no man,’ and, ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’ While I do not necessarily dispute that forces beyond our control often collude against us, fate remains a foreign concept to me.