Many people fail to realize the potential God has given them because they stay preoccupied with things they don't have while overlooking the things they do have. Another way to put it, they are not resourceful. Being resourceful is made up of a number of qualities. It begins with a person using common sense to accept the given circumstances and adjust their goal to what is currently possible. It also involves being creative by utilizing what you have on hand to get a task accomplished. It is amazing what can be done with limited resources when we employ our imagination and ingenuity.
A famous example of this was what occurred on the Apollo 13 flight. After an inspace explosion, the situation looked grim for the three astronauts. Without a fix on the machine that filtered carbon dioxide, eventually they would die. The people at Houston Control began an urgent attempt to see if they could create something that would solve the problem making use of components and parts available from the space capsule. After an exhaustive and trying team effort, they came up with a device that saved the day - and the lives of three astronauts.
Life brings with it limitations, problems and challenges. Those who develop the quality of being resourceful are those people who become successful by continually producing ways to meet goals and objectives.
"Resourcefulness is using one's wits, proper judgment and common sense to solve problems and meet challenges. It is using initiative in difficult situations, and it involves inventing, creating, imagining, synthesizing, evaluating, classifying, observing and analyzing solutions to overcome the trials that life throws at us. Resourcefulness is dreaming up ways to meet our goals."
(Coach John Wooden)
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