You've Got to See This
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Photo by: Kate Ter Haar
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To
"follow your nose" means to meander, to move without any purpose or
direction, to float lazily and carelessly, reacting to whatever you may
encounter along the way. What an easy way to live, wouldn't you say?
Easy? Perhaps. Desirable? Absolutely not, and here's why.
The richest lives -
the ones where people feel fulfilled and challenged and loved and
inspired - do not meander aimlessly. They have purpose. They have
direction. They have a spot on the horizon that's theirs to seek and
claim.
They have a vision, in other words.
Arnold
Schwarzenegger once gave an interview in which he explained the
importance to his career of having a vision. He said, as a youngster
growing up in Austria, that his drive to accomplish great things began
by "seeing" himself at each stage of his life. In his mind's eye, he
saw himself as a world champion bodybuilder, then as a successful movie
star, and yes, even as a major politician and office holder.
Arnold attributed
his ability to achieve these remarkable milestones to the vision he
cultivated as a teenager. When you see it happen, you can make it
happen, he told the interviewer.
Scripture tells
us, "Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before
you." We can interpret that to mean we should cultivate a vision for
ourselves, grounded in faith and love, to propel and provide the
underpinning of our relationships, our careers, even the quality of our
lives.
Can you see a vision of your family at peace and in balance?
Can you see a vision of your marriage as a true partnership based on mutual love and respect?
Can you see a vision of your career where fulfillment and pride carry the day?
To get where you
want to go, you need a map. That applies to where you want to take your
life, as well. Your nose doesn't know how to get there. Don't follow
it. Instead, see it in your mind. Get a vision.
Be Well,
Eric
Eric
