YESTERDAY IS GONE, THINK OF TOMORROW

Can you remember some years ago when your hands were waving on air in the class for an opportunity to tell your class teacher what you would like to be when you grow up.

Have you grown up?

So?

Have you become that?

That question was raised up in a group discussion. Guess what the answers were?

Baggage of excuses why many never did.

QUO VADIS?

That's a Latin phrase which means "where are you going?"

Individually and collectively, where are you going?

If you do not know where you are going, then any road is most appropriate for you. Eventually, a nice circular motion is inevitable.

I recalled an exercise we were asked to carry out several years ago. Our only task was to draw up a list of our plans for the next six months, then upwards to one full calendar year and drag it down to the next five years. We were demanded to say exactly where we want to be specifically at the end of each of those periods. It was a moment of sober reflection as most of us saw it as a simple task yet unable to actually proffer answers to the challenge. My ability then to say for real what I will be in six months or one year then was strange talk less of the next five years.

How times flies with mortal men! Months ran into years, down the line, I came to realize that the question then was not where I was just going to be for the fun of it all but what I want to be. So it boils down to one thing, my VISION.

If I know what I want to be, then I can determine what I need to do to get there. This set of exercise was simply set to help us determine our goals, put plans in place to achieve them and to set our priorities right.

Having a vision of what you want to be is not as twisted as it sounds. Yet it remains elusive to a greater percentage of humans, only those who thinks and dreams can make it. It starts with having an idea that you personally consider to worth your pursuit. When this is done, it becomes your own personal goal. The next step is to put plans in place to hit your goals. Here lies the hardest of all the steps, the doing aspect of it all.

Attaining a single vision in ones life time may entail having several goals and therefore several plans. Setting the plans in motion may lead into taking unexpected turns. The road to success is never free of obstacles. To scale these obstacles naturally leads to taking unexpected turns. Events do crop up whereby ones plans are constantly aligned with that of other individuals or institutions which necessitates unexpected changes. However, with a clear vision of what you want to be, you will slowly and surely get to the destination point. Singleness of purpose and power of focus is all that you need.

Over time, the characteristic of an individual in pursuit of a given vision differs. Some start and maintain a slow tempo, achieving their tasks bit by bit. With this system it does not appear too daunting to move on. On the other side, many do take on theirs bullish. Whichever route you may have opted, time remains your only limited resource.

Whatever the mind can conceive, it can achieve. The ability to believe it and live it solely hinges on our constant reinforcing and reaffirming of those our lofty visions.

THINK DREAM DO.