Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Bummer eh? Wrong place wrong time.  Granted this opossum wasn't doing anything wrong, he was just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Its similar in our lives, we can only expect to amble across the street so many times before eventually we get hit.
 If we make a habit of wandering down a dark alley at 3:00 am, we are more likely to find ourselves in a less-than-lovely situation.  We cannot repeatedly put ourselves in situations that are less than ideal, or cannot hang out with a rougher crowd, or listen to immoral music, and not expect some of it to rub off on us.  We cannot disregard the commandments that God has given and expect to walk on unaffected. 

If we, like a bunch of cattle in the picture below, stick our heads in a wire fence during a lightning storm, we're more likely to get struck.  In Genesis 3:3 it reads "But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."  God commanded Adam and Eve to not only abstain from the fruit, but not to touch it either.  Even touching sin, or getting dangerously close puts us in peril of succumbing to temptation.    When we encompass ourselves with sin, we are more likely to fall. 
I have found that the opposite of this is true as well that when we put ourselves in the right places at the right times, better things are likely to occur.  We should put ourselves in a position to be blessed, and bless the lives of others. Instead of spending all our extra income on unnecessary wants, we can look for ways to use it to help somebody else.  If we have nothing to give, we lose the opportunity to be blessed and bless others lives by helping someone in need.
I have the idea of "right place right time" to be especially true with reading your scriptures praying, and going to church.  If we really want to receive answers to our prayers, if we really want to receive inspiration regarding our personal lives, if we really want to come to know your Savior, we need to put ourselves in the right place at the right time to receive it.  I know that if we wander across the street enough times, or stick our head in enough wire fences during a lightning storm, we get hit. I see it all the time, in my life and in those around me.  I know the opposite as well, that when we keep the commandments, when we search the scriptures, and when we attend church, we put ourselves in the right place at the right time.
_Elder Halbert