Sometimes, life doesn’t knock on the door — it just slips a little golden paper plane into your path and waits to see what you’ll do.

Kobi Yamada’s What Do You Do with a Chance? reminded me of three moments in my life that arrived quietly, but changed everything.

A chance to go to Japan.
A chance to start my own business.
A chance to say “yes” to founding IJBC.

Book reads:

“One day, I got a chance. It just seemed to show up. It acted like it knew me, as if it wanted something.”

“It fluttered around me. It brushed up against me. It circled me as if it wanted me to grab it.”

Each time, I could have let fear win.

I could have told myself I wasn’t ready.
That someone else would do it better.
That maybe another chance would come later.

But here’s the thing — chances are like seasons.

They don’t always come back the same way.

And the ones you take… well, they have this strange habit of turning into the best chapters of your life.

And yes, sometimes the chance you take might flop spectacularly.

You might end up with a story that’s more “facepalm” than fairy tale.

But even then, you’ll be richer — in lessons, in resilience, and in knowing you tried.

Here’s my little theory: life doesn’t hand you chances because you’re ready.

It hands you chances so you become ready.

Readiness is overrated anyway.

What matters is movement — that awkward, heart-thumping, slightly sweaty leap into the unknown.

Looking back, those three “yeses” didn’t just change my circumstances — they rewired my life.

They taught me that the best roads are the ones you discover while you’re still trying to read the map upside down.

So, the next time a chance flutters your way, don’t wait for the perfect moment.

Here’s the plot twist — there isn’t one.

Grab it. Run with it. Trip over your own feet if you must.

Because the only real mistake is watching it drift away, wondering forever what could have been.