There has been countless times where it felt like, Yes, this is the opportunity that I need. It will turn my life positively and that even in an instant. But the reality was something different. I always felt like I was not being given enough opportunity but when I looked back and saw what others similar to me have been through, I understand how blessed I am.
Yes, the urge to make things work in our favor does really makes us choose from right or wrong or sometimes it does makes us over confident, I have been through that situation but in out of 10 situation I was right maybe twice or three times. Which is why instead of luck I have started to build up my back bone in this field. And whenever I am taking decisions nowadays, its based on facts, longevity and ROI. So far its going great.
Luxury can be obtained at any point of our life that's the easy part! Maintaining that luxury for the rest of our life that's the most difficult part I would say!
Reality is always different from our expectations and this is because our expectations are flawless but our reality is full of flaws so I understand when you say there are time when it seems like you've finally got the opportunity to change your life and then everything changes and it's not like we expected, but then, like you said, for people like you and I we have to opportunity to build from the scratch, no everyone has that advantage and as for me I'm thankful that Opportunities will still come.