Vision and Resiliency

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.
--Denis Waitley

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
--Antoine De Saint-Exupery

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.
--Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Aim not for what you are, but for what you could be.
--Lucas Hellmer

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
--Julius Caesar

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
--George Benard Shaw

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
--Sam Walton

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
--Napolean Hill

Do not follow where the path my lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
--George Benard Shaw

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
--Adlai E. Stevenson


Vision gives energy to our purpose. Vision is derived from our sense that we are here on this earth for a reason, and it is not to collect dust, or become dust. Even for young people who are in the most dreadful circumstances, some powerful events can happen when they begin to see possibilities instead of problems. Vision can bring us out of seeing ourselves as damaged, because of a painful past; and view ourselves as challenged.

There are so many great examples of men and women who have brought themselves out of difficult circumstances such as Ray Charles, Helen Keller, Christopher Reeve, and thousands of others by having a vision of what they could accomplish.

Those who have overcome difficult family experiences, and are now great fathers and mothers are some of the greatest among us. They had a vision for being a good parent, and moved toward that vision with the choices they made.

What is your vision of being a great father, mother, or even a friend? If you have difficulty with vision, go back and evaluate your purpose. You are here for a reason. Begin seeing yourself accomplishing your purpose. Believe that you can accomplish great things -- because you can.