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Posted on December 29, 2008 by Gary F. Eby | Posted under Self Improvement
How To Have Futurevision
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People with Vision see more in a walk around the block than others see in a trip around the world because they refused to be limited by their senses and are open to Life Training. Helen Keller once said..."The only thing worse than not having sight is not having Vision." Let me explain. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. And even though there was a curtain between them, the men talked for hours every day. They talked about of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be opened up by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Huge oak trees graced the landscape, and a great view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in extreme detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the beautiful scenes. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window described it so well. Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Maybe, he just wanted to encourage you." That man didn't have sight, but he did have Vision. He could not look out. But, he did have a good outlook! John Lubbock once said, “What we see depends mainly on what we look for." And, what is it you are looking for? Are you able to see the forest for the trees? Are you so bogged down in today ... that you've lost your Vision for the future? Do you feel “that seeing is believing" when in fact “believing is seeing?" Is your Vision more “now you see it now you don't" than a true guiding light that always points you toward your dreams? How far along are you in your Life Training? The truth is “What you see ... what you have a Vision for ... is what you get." You have to believe it so much that the picture will become crystallized in your heart. It will then be pulled from the future into the present! You cannot turn on the radio now without hearing a commercial advertising a new form of Vision correction. We've gone from glasses to bifocals ... to trifocals ... to no-line trifocals ... and now into LASIK surgery, PRK, RK, AK, AL, and so on, and on and on! Vision correction for everybody! Maybe we need to ... metaphorically speaking ... have some personal “life -vision", Life Training correction! Are you, as far as your dream is concerned, nearsighted? You might be nearsighted if you have no problem seeing things up close but have trouble seeing things that are far away. Then you need to correct your Vision. You need to see past today. Yes ... today's decisions will impact tomorrow. You have to “see" ahead and make decisions on what you see. I'm not talking about being a fortuneteller. When you have a clear Vision of what you desire in the future ... you see it in your heart ... that will affect all of your decisions today. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Your words and your actions will prophesy your future. When your words and actions align themselves with your vision ... it takes on exponential strength. A vision conceptualizes the end result and takes action. When a course correction is necessary ... it's made without reservation and without hesitation. You take one step ... then another and your Vision will get clearer and clearer as you move toward it. Yes, a Vision is, in one way, about the future. But a powerful principle that will help you have peak performance is to understand that vision is even more about the present. A real Vision is about what is happening “today". The strongest visions.... the clearest visions are “right-now" visions. The Vision will begin to extrapolate and bring the future into a present reality. Do something today that will take you closer to your Vision and expand your Life Training! See your future! About The Author: Gary Eby, a member of the Jim Rohn Speaker Bureau, is gifted to teach deep truths in a clear and easily understandable style. His messages are power-packed and often filled with laughter and practical illustrations. He has shared the stage with great speakers such as Jim Rohn and Les Brown. Not only is Gary a sought after speaker, but he is also an author whose personal development book Lefthanded Soldiers has received worldwide attention. You may receive a free copy at www.garyeby.com/freebook.htm |
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