“Any road will take you there as long as you don’t know where you are going.” ~ Reginald Jones
RIDING THE WAVES
Like the captain of a ship, your vision determines your course. As you ride the waves, steering and maneuvering, every choice you make moves you closer to or further from your destination.
So, where are you headed?
Where will you be in six months, a year, five years? Do you know or are you waiting to see how life unfolds?
Listening to old scripts, or fueled by negative thinking and low self-esteem, many drift through life unaware of the choices they make, hoping, by luck or by fate, that everything will turn out okay.
By consciously creating a vision for your life, you challenge yourself to identify and pursue your greatest potential. You choose your destination, refusing to leave it to chance.
Begin by asking yourself, “Where do I intend to be a year from now?” Form a picture in your mind’s eye. See it, feel it, taste it, hear it.
Next, be willing to do what it takes to achieve it. This is where the work comes in, where many abandon ship. Employ your Will, your Persistence and your Resilience.
Finally, hold tight to your vision, stay on course and most importantly, enjoy the ride.
RECIPE FOR VISIONING
The following exercise was adapted from the VISIONING WORKBOOK, published by the United Church of Religious Science (2005).
Find a quiet and comfortable place to relax. Clear your mind and read each of the following questions one at a time. Allow whatever answers, words, images or thoughts that come. You may want to have a journal to write down your answers. Trust yourself, trust the process.
1. What is the highest vision for… (my life,
project, career, relationship)
2. What must I become to empower the vision?
3. What must I release?
4. What must I embrace?
5. Is there any other information that I need in this
moment?
Depending on your beliefs, you may ask these questions in the form of a prayer to a higher power or to the wisest part of yourself.
