Opportunity
I went to watch a production last night, entitled 'Guys and Dolls'. This was a muscial which based itself on the 1960-70s New York scene and revolved around the lives of gamblers, cabaret singers and missionaries. Through this unlikely combination, the central theme of love is explored and developed. It was an enjoyable evening and the efforts of the performers were definitely appreciated judging by the thunderous applause.The musical left me thinking, is it true that any kind of 'guy' or 'doll' (slang for a female) can fall in love just as long as Cupid decrees? For the curious, in the musical, the hardened gambler Sky chose to renounce his former ways because he fell in love with the missionary Sarah. Is the lure of love that great? Perhaps it is, or is it Sky realised it was an opportunity to lead a purposeful life rather than one marred by violence and vice?
Opportunity - a mystical being that presents itself in the most surrepitious manner and under the most unexpected circumstances. Am I like Sky, waiting to perceive the presence of Opportunity or am I like Nathan (In the musical, Nathan was another hardened gambler who spurned numerous proposals by his fiancée to get married), who shunned his Opportunity while it was present all the time?
I choose to believe I am Sky. I hope that I am right.
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In my drowsy, with eyes barely opened state, I was awoken by a song on the radio. Perhaps I was still in an ethereal world, but yet the song seemed to arouse a raphsody within me. Lament not it tells me, carpe diem!
Opportunity, Pete Murray
And so it goes another lonely day
Your savin time but your miles away
Your fly was drownin in some bitter tea
For seeing lost opportunity
Find your mirror go and look inside
And see the talent you always hide
Don't go kid yourself well not today
Satisfaction's not too far away
Hold on now your exits here
It's waiting just for you
Don't pause too long
It's fading now
It's ending all too soon you'll see
Soon you'll see
Your coffee's warm but your milk is sour
Life is short but your here to flower
Dream yourself along another day
Never miss opportunity
Don't be scared of what you cannot see
Your only fear is possibility
Never wonder what the hell went wrong
Your second chance may never come along
Hold on now your exits here
It's waiting just for you
Don't pause too long
It's fading now
It's ending all too soon you'll see
Soon you'll see
Hold on now your exits here
It's waiting just for you
Don't pause too long
It's fading now
It's ending all too soon you'll see
Soon you'll see
posted by -tourniquet- @ 8/12/2006 10:11:00 am
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