The opportunity they say comes but once but we have some that have seen more than one opportunity because life is not balanced and for this reason, we must not compare our journey to another man's journey. Why people don't take opportunities most times is not always because they think another one is coming but sometimes because they fear the unknown.
Fear is one major factor that stops us from making use of the opportunities we have. You see opportunity always comes with a level of uncertainty and level of risk and sometimes the risk that comes with certain opportunities is too complicated that we know if the opportunity does not work out as planned we might end up losing it all.
I don't blame people that have a fear to take the opportunity because some opportunities present themselves well that we thought it is our breakthrough but they put us in deep shit and if care is not taken it might take us a long time before we get it together. Some people don't take opportunities not because they have something to lose but because they just don't want to do anything with their lives.
Fear should be the factor that helps us out in making use of the opportunity we have, fear should drive us to think, make research, and strategies how to make everything works. Fear should not lead us to our regret but should let figure way we can figure out how to defeat failure.