Along with avoiding selfishness, Odysseus and life today teach that it is vital to focus on your goals to avoid missed opportunities. Odysseus showed the importance of focusing on goals when he brought back his men after they ate the lotus and did not returned from the island. Odysseus tied them to their rowing benches warning his other men to not eat the lotus, saying that “or lose your hope of home” (898). Odysseus after he had blinded the cyclops and it threw its door open guarding it to catch any who dared try to escape. Instead of running out immediately Odysseus ignoring the false chance of freedom he “kept thinking about how to win the game” (907). The people of Manchester worked together to build the Whitewater park. Discussing
