Have you ever had something slip through your fingers?

yup.. Love & Opportunity.. didn't know what i had until it was gone..

How about writing a book??? See, I can't afford an editor, so I am a part of this private writer site and I just got my first reply to my second chapter and maybe now I know why it took so long, it wasn't good enough.. Seems that romance is suppose to be written in third person, not first or second..The person says that I have either written many stories and set in my ways or a new writer and didn't this..Then she said it could be her, but that she wouldn't read my story.. So third person huh? Like someone is on the outside watching the story unfold???Because romance books I have read usually is in first or second....I don't know..I guess it's time to take another break before I loss it.. Sorry, but yours is the first I saw after reading this and your subject line seems to say it all, An opportunity slipping away..:(

Hi StephanieAnnC, I am sure there have been plenty of times in my life where I have let oppurtunites pass me by and love I guess too as my daughters say that I wouldn't recognise a chat up line if it slapped me in the face!¬ lol. Huggles. Ellie :D

Hi, StephanieAnnC. I was persuaded by my future husband to go and try for my driver's license... I could really drive really well and he told me to try for my road test. But I would not do it. I was being stubborn and childish at that time. So now, I have realized that I really need my driver's license right now. I regret not trying for it when I had the chance to. And oh yeah, the soap did not slip through my fingers last night when I was taking a shower. I can't stand it when the soap hits the tub really hard like a rock.

There were some opportunities in the past which I did not pay enough attention to and when I realized it was too late though, some really good things slipping is a real lost when we take them into consideration.

I've had love slip though my fingers, mostly because of bad circumstances, and those same circumstances led me to lose a whole lot of friends, and a few months of my life, and an entire semester at college. But the silver lining is that I learnt from those circumstances, and now I know better. :) Now I'm not going to let any new opportunity or anything else get past me, if I can help it.

Skiing? Well seriously, my husband used to ski. I admit I wasn't that interested in learning, but I think maybe if he had offered I would have tried it. One day he said to me he was going to quit because it was just too expensive. Years and years later he told me he had quit because he thought I wouldn't like it.

The soap thing has happened to me from time to time. I think the rest of it happens to most of us, it takes a while before we can train ourselves to recognize the opportunities that are abundantly around us each day. A few tend to slip by now and then, and that is all part of the learning experience. Sincerely and With Appreciation.

There were opportunities that slipped through my hands but I believe there was reason why and though I may not know the reason why. I believe that it was never meant to be at the certain place and time. God knows best so I trust in His will.

hi,stephanieAnnc,i think there is no one would say no to this question.people always do these things that didn't cherish what they owned until losed it forever.i think may be many things you will get an opportunity to gain again,but there is a thing you will neve come to it again,that's company with your family members.time is equal to everyone,if you spend more time to do your busniess or study,you would get less time to company with your family members,when your parents die someday,you will found you have missed the most precious time for company with them.so i think we wouldn't let these things slip through our hand,we should hold these opportunity otherwies we would regret!

I let my points from last year (school) slip through my fingers... I could have made it through, but I guess I would get through without too much effort, here I am doing the same year again, not letting the opportunity, to pass, slip by anymore ;) The chance of having a great girlfriend was something I took, and will never let that slip =) Greetz

I suppose everyone has allowed something to slip through our fingers at one point or another, may more for some than others. My thinking is that if it were an opportunity that was beyond my control then I would be satisfied knowing that I didn't allow it to pass me because of neglect. There are some people who allow great opportunities pass them by due to neglect and or laziness so I suppose then regret kicks in. Good for you! We must all tackle everything and anything when it comes to opportunities, what we have to do is just make sure that when we plunge in we have all facts, so that if it doesn't pan out, then we did our best. ")

everybody have sliped something important from his fingers,because we just a human,not the god, we can not have everything of the world,so,the only ting we can do is do our best everyday,when the chance comes,we can grasp it,!

One should always grab every opportunity that comes our way...

Lots and lots of opportunities. Love, not yet. hope it won't happen in case of love. I was a introvert during my school. In college i was half way, in transition, between introvert-ism and extrovert-ism . After joining my current company, it has changed my perception of life. Lots and lots of opportunities forced on to me. They made me face life with more courage. They have made me into a full-fledged and independent person. My managers gave me respect and freedom which i never got from my college or school not even relatives,for that matter . But no regrets. This was supposed to happen like this. God's will. Amen

hyes i have several times mostly to do with not becoming a research librarian rather than a lowly page shelving media. I chose to get a BA in English when I really wanted a BS in Library Science as the U of ca Irvine did not have the BS so I went for a BA. In order to be a research librarian in Orange County CA you have to have a BS .It slipped through my fingers, then I got an offer to interview for research librarian without the degree and decided as it was in another town and while I could take the bus in the daytime night time I could not rely on the us so I turned it down. bad bad decision. so I worked at low wages but with the best crew ever and loved my low paying job so well I stayed for 23 years.If I had the chance a second time I would work out the night ride home by finding one of the staff who was going my way. but anyway I do not any longer really regret it. all water under the bridge now.

i found many thing slip through my finger b'coz of my hrd luck not b'coz of work i'm done all the work that i can but sometime i felt little short of that thing so it happen most to me i found this while i choose my carrier it happen i have this kind of experience