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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