THE ROMAN GODDESS OCCASIO AND THE GREEK GOD KAIROS, THE OPORTUNE MOMENT — OPPORTUNITY HAS HAIR IN FRONT AND IS BALD BEHIND
THE ROMAN GODDESS OCCASIO AND THE GREEK GOD KAIROS, THE OPORTUNE MOMENT — OPPORTUNITY HAS HAIR IN FRONT AND IS BALD BEHIND KAIROS HAS NOT PASSED — I SEIZED HIM BY THE FORELOCK Kairos, Occasio, and the Instant That Never Returns Magazine & Mystery Schools: The Constant Pursuit of Truth “Now or Never” There are moments that seem identical to all others. The clock keeps ticking. The hands advance. Days succeed nights. The calendar trades one date for another. Then, suddenly, something happens. An opportunity appears. A person crosses our path. A decision must be made. A word must be spoken. A door swings open. And there is a fleeting instant—perhaps just a few seconds—when what we do can alter the entire course of events. Then, the door closes. The moment vanishes. We realize that time is not merely made of hours, days, years, and centuries. Some moments carry a distinctly different density. The ancient Greeks had a word for this: Kairos — καιρός . And I, who ...