The passion of vision

The passion of vision

I’m reading my book by Stephen Covey; I’m working on chapter 5. It’s talking about VISION. The power of vision is incredible. It says Vision is the best manifestation of creative imagination and the primary motivation of human action. It’s the ability to see beyond our present reality, to create, to invent what does not yet exist, to become what we not yet are. It gives us capacity to live out of our imagination instead of our memory. All we have to know in terms of VISION is consequences. Vision creates consequences; it also affects choices we make. It’s limited. In time, we know our goals, but we need to accept the consequence. Each individual in the world should have personal mission statement. It described as a company or corporation that always has their mission statement to empower their employees to achieve organizational goals in a company. Once, we do what our goals are, we are taking steps, while taking steps we will be faced with some realities that we need to deal with, then we realize that we have to sacrifice or put those things aside in our head in order to accomplish our vision. While we are on the way of accomplishing what we want to be, some scripts come up, such as the reality when people say negative things toward us.

Vision clarifies purpose, gives direction, and empowers us to perform beyond our resources. It also could be described as passion, it effect in our lives, it drives our DNA of lives. It’s fire within, it’s the energy that makes life an adventure-the deep burning “yes!” that empowers us to say “no” peacefully and confidently-to the less important things in our lives. What if we could make things balance, to be succeed in two things in our lives? Rather than put something aside, such as succeed in business and relationship. Do they work out together?

When I read this part, I was reminded by one of my friend at work where I used to work. We used to go lunch together, do some exercise together. She is business woman, but also a part time worker likes me. She works two jobs. She is really succeeded in her career; the thing is she feels nothing about relationship. She never thought about getting married at all, as a matter of fact, what women ideally think on her ages is getting married, I thought so. After I found out, in a time, she told me everything that I never thought about that she had a trauma in her relationship long time ago. Then, from then she decided to stop thinking about it, she doesn’t ever want to think about it. Being success in her career is just on the top of her head. She doesn’t care about anything else, except family. Her vision is to get a better lifestyle, a better place to stay for her and her family. Her personal mission statement has been driven her lives. She stands confidently because she believes that what she is doing is right. Once upon a time, we were having lunch together, she spontaneously asked me, “do you have a boyfriend wenny?” I answered “no, I don’t”. She said to me “don’t ever think about wenny”. I smiled to her, while I kept thinking about it. I thought she probably right. There is a time for every time; we can’t do everything at the same time. Can we? I also thought that one day later, she will find the right person into her life to live with last forever. Don’t we think so? We just don’t know when. She just has to open her heart to let a better chance to come. In contrast, I was thinking, don’t I think that God is fair enough to human being? We can’t always get everything that we want in our lives. Some people success in business but failed in relationship, success in relationship but failed in business. Have we seen people who success in both things. I’m wondering…

Back to the point of vision, a friend of mine…she is so energetic, she has extroverted personality. Before I left the office and the USA, she wrote a card to me saying that “whatever comes from your heart, think deeply, if you think that it’s right, do it and fight for it, fight for what you deserve” wow! I thought she just visualized me. It’s a vision. Fighting for what we believe in. even it’s not exist yet. She added on the card that just act as if I have already had those things. J

I did my research about vision. I just learned that once we have a vision in our life, it affects our brain. It synchronizes our brain then drives our DNA. As a result whatever we are doing driven from that vision. It was great!! Couple days went by a day before I left the USA, when I got back from NY, on sept 29th, 2008 we met up again to have going away lunch at panera bread. I said thank you to her and asked her that “are those words you wrote on the card exactly what driving you now?” she perfectly said to me “yes, exactly”. Wow!!! I was so glad that I met the right person on my last day in the USA. She inspired me. She told me everything that I have never known before about vision. My vision works within me, so do you. Each us must have a vision in our lives. We got to know our vision. Once we recognized it by learning our inner passion, get an immediate access to it, believe that it’s alive within us, it drives us, let it improves our quality of life.

One thing should not be forgotten that let God get involve with it. Our vision and relationship with God is like interrelated. People can plan everything, but God has power to determine what the best for us. Like I said above, our vision drives us by motivating our ability to go beyond the standard of life. Meanwhile, God is working behind the scene. He is in charge in that vision. God leads us to do what is right, tells us what is wrong.