Never miss first opportunity . .

A young man wished to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went tothe farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and said,"Son, go stand out in that field. I'm going to release three bulls,one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter."

The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bullhe had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a betterchoice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull passthrough the pasture out the back gate. The barn door opened again.Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life.

It stood pawing the ground, grunting, slinging slobber as it eyed him.Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better choice than thisone. He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through the pasture, outthe back gate.

The door opened a third time. A smile came across hisface. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull he had ever seen. Thisone was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself justright and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed... but the bull hadno tail!

Life is full of opportunities. Some will be easy to takeadvantage of, some will be difficult. But once we let them pass (oftenin hopes of something better), those opportunities may never again beavailable. So always grab the first opportunity . . .