A long walk for a short drive

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison.

(When I was younger, say 60 or so years ago, I spent most of my time not looking for opportunity. There were books to read, clouds to consider, creeks to wade through. Maps to study and a mind that wondered what was out there in those lands represented by lines on a piece of paper. Some people think and work and invent things. Others read and dream and maybe go for long walks to see things far from home.

(At a high school reunion many years ago, a woman from my class said, “You didn’t get far from home, did you.” My wife and three kids and I lived about 60 miles away. I thought, “You have no idea how many miles I traveled in order to wind up an hour’s drive away.”)