Crisis - a dangerous opportunity.

Did you know that the word crisis, in Chinese, is a compound of the signs for danger and opportunity?

Think about it.

Have you? What conclusion did you get to? That a crisis might actually be something good? That an event might be a disaster from one point of view but the best thing that could happen to you from another?

Paint the picture of you standing all alone on a road to, what it seems like, nowhere. Scary? It can be dangerous if you let it get to you and don't pay attention to the surroundings. But if you stay cool and aware of what is going on around you, it might be the opportunity of your life.

Don't be scared. Breathe and keep all your senses open - and the road will lead you to the exact place where you are meant to be.

Arlington, Va., October 15.