The future is not only clothed with imagination, it is also
decorated with ornaments of reality. This may not seem strange to you, since
the past and present mental pictures of thought obviously unfold into the realities
of the future.
Examine yourself. What do you want to be or achieve by next year?
In two years time? In three years time? Let the vision take shape in your mind.
Vision is the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination
and wisdom. It is a dream of preferred future because dreams of today are the
realities of tomorrow.
One exciting thing about children is their way of life. They live
a carefree life. Majority of them don’t think beyond tomorrow; they focus on
what they can see and enjoy. On the contrary, you are the architect of your
future, therefore, it is left for you to determine what it will be. The mental
picture of what you aspire to be or achieve must first take shape within your
mind before you start to pursue it. Vision is therefore the awareness of your
destination before the journey or pursuit actually begins.
A visionary sees opportunity in adversity. This involves seeing
one’s future the present. Take a leaf from this great man. Martin Luther king
(jr) who in the midst of discrimination, segregation and racial prejudice
upheld and worked for a dream which has put a smile on the faces of all blacks
in America today.
A person’s thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone
with insight can draw them out. The wise can see where they are going, having
an insight of their future aspiration; without this, your life dreams will end
like a lamp that goes out in the dark. It is like trying to chew with a loose
tooth or walk with a crippled foot.
The book of proverbs tells us that, “Where there is no vision, the
people perish.” It is obvious that hope lies on ‘future’ and the future depends
on ‘vision’; thus, a man who is living without a vision is chasing shadows. He
is living an unrealistic life and therefore, will end up completely at sea.
It is not surprising to hear that even an insane person (for
example a mad woman) in the course of her duty (madness) works with a vision
irrespective of the outcome of her effort. Although, the result might seem
useless to you as reasonable person, yet she is always satisfied with
accomplishing her mission.
Vision is the foundation of success. It identifies direction,
purpose, and gives you the sense to plan ahead. Knowing how to charm a snake is
of no use if you let the snake bite first. If your axe is blunt and you don’t
sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. Take ants for instance, they are
very tinny, but are one of the cleverest animals on earth that work with vision
and plan.
The saying that “the future does not exist for one who does not
have a present” implies that your future starts today. Your decisions as regard
to your future (vision) determine your destiny. That is why we say that today’s
decisions are tomorrow’s realities. John Mason tells us, “Every accomplishment,
great or small, starts with a decision.”You must know what you want in life.
“When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision
in your life. You have to know what you want in other to attain it, “said
Douglas Lurtan”. The decision you take, whether right or wrong, will make or
mar your career.
Vision is a glimpse of your destiny. Richard Bach made us
understand that you are never given a dream without the power to make it come
true; though you have to work for it. Jim Williams added that vision for your
future is the road map of what God wants to accomplish in and through you.
