By Charletta Adams- Professional Life Coach
When people ask if you have a vision, what usually pops in your mind? For me, it’s everything I want to accomplish in my life and what I think it will take to get there. Do you have a vision? Where do you see yourself at the end of this year? The next 5 years? Or even the next 10 years? The vision inside you is what can propel you to reach everything your heart desires! What’s keeping you from going for it? Is it fear, money, education or maybe connections with the right people? We all have obstacles that can hold us back if we let them. Here’s the key – IF YOU LET IT!! Don’t let anything or anyone keep you from reaching your destiny. Proverbs 29:18 says Without vision; People perish. That verse has stuck with me since I heard it and I refuse to let anything or anyone come between me and my vision.
It’s very easy to want to give up on your vision if you feel like it’s not happening the way you want, or if it doesn’t work the first time. But here’s the deal. If it didn’t work the first time, now you know what NOT to do. Thomas Edison said “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Just because it didn’t work the first time or even the first hundred times, keep at it!
Think about this – Do you realize that it’s not just about you? Do you know how many people will be blessed if you reach YOUR vision? You give 40+ hours per week to someone else’s vision. How much time to you devote to your own? What is it that you would do if you knew you couldn’t fail? You can make your dreams a reality. Don’t give up. Ever. It’s never too late. Colonel Sanders started Kentucky Fried Chicken at 65 after receiving his first social security check for $105. He wasn’t ready to retire or give up. So he didn’t. He went to several different people before he was finally given a chance and he succeeded!! If he can do it, you can.
