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On the Horizon

What is on your horizon?
When you look at the horizon, no matter which direction, you are always looking forward. For many years the term “vision” has been mentioned a lot to me. When I was a kid I was taught to make goals, and work to achieve those goals. When I started school my vision was to finish school, and it seems like that will never end. When I came near the end of my high school years, my vision became to go on a mission. Once I was out on my mission I was reminded almost every day, which we all need to have a vision. My mission president told me that our investigators need to have a vision of eternal life, they need to catch hold of that vision, and if they didn’t, they wouldn’t progress. With my mission president drilling this idea into my head, I thought if my investigators need this vision, I probably do too. So I worked to see this vision, and with my lovely memory, I had to come up with reminders to help me remember the vision. What better reminder, than the temple? So I put pictures of the temple everywhere in my apartment. The last time I went to the temple as a missionary, it was with all the missionaries going home and with the mission president and his wife. He told us the next step towards our vision. Getting married! Which is the step I am still working on, it does take skills and a lot of patience!

This past weekend I was privileged to attend a conference hosted by my school, Learn To Earn, or L2E. There were so many great speakers which reminded me, yet again, the need to have a vision in life. Also in one of my classes we discussed what a vision is. We talked about how a vision is a statement that defines who you are, and why you do the things you do. It is a simple, short statement. Here is what I defined to be my vision: I seek to bring a smile to those I meet by helping them to see their potential! So what is your vision?

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