Attract Opportunities, Do Not Chase Them Poem by linus gerald

Do not run until your breath
forgets its own rhythm.
Do not chase the horizon
as though it owes you light.

The sun does not pursue the morning—
it simply rises,
and the world turns toward it.

Be like that.

Root yourself in quiet growth.
Water your craft in unseen hours.
Let discipline be your shadow,
steady and faithful.
Let patience be the soil
that holds you firm.

Opportunities are not wild animals
to be hunted in panic.
They are birds—
drawn to stillness,
to hands that do not tremble
with desperation.

When you chase,
you scatter your energy like dust.
When you become,
you gather gravity.

Sharpen your mind.
Refine your gift.
Deepen your character
until your presence
speaks before you do.

The river does not chase the sea.
It flows with purpose,
trusting the pull of something greater.
And in its flowing,
it arrives.

So build.
Learn.
Serve.
Glow quietly in excellence.

Let your integrity
be louder than your ambition.
Let your preparation
be deeper than your desire.

What is meant for you
will recognize your readiness.
It will find you
not because you begged for it,
but because you became
impossible to ignore.

Stand steady.
Grow strong.
Shine without apology.

And watch how doors
begin to open
toward you.