VISUALIZING THE OBJECTIVES

THE MIND IS AN AMAZING, MYSTERIOUS, MARVELOUS INSTRUMENT. THE VISUALIZATION IS NOT PHYSICAL VISION BUT INNER VISION THROUGH THE POWER OF MIND. THAT MEANS IT USES THE POWER OF IMAGINATION. THE BIBLE ALSO TALKS ABOUT A SIMILAR CONCEPT: "WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH." (PROV.29:18) IN VISUALIZING OUR OBJECTIVES, FOCUSING BECOMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. DR. DAVID BURNS, AUTHOR OF FEELING GOOD: THE NEW MOOD THERAPY, IS ONE OF THE LEADING PRACTITIONERS OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY CALLED COGNITIVE THERAPY. HE USES THE ILLUSTRATION OF BINOCULARS. "IF YOU DONT HAVE A VISION FOR YOUR LIFE," HE POINTS OUT, "THEN YOU HAVEN'T PROBABLY FOCUSSED IN ON ANYTHING." THAT'S WHY IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE MUST TAKE OUT OUR MENTAL BINOCULARS AND FOCUS ON THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH. WITH OUR IMAGINATION AS OUR DIRECTION FINDER, AIM OUR ATTENTION UNTIL IT IS POINTED, SPECIFICALLY AT A MEASURABLE AND MANAGABLE OBJECTIVE. SEE IT. SEIZE IT EMOTIONALLY, AND IT WILL SEIZE US! WHILE WE ARE FOCUSSING ON OUR INNER VISION AND HEART'S DESIRE, USE A FILTER. THERE MAY BE MANY CONFUSING IMAGES IN OUR MIND. ANY AMBIGUITIES OF INTERNAL VISION CAN CAUSE COMPETETION FOR OUR INTENSE ENTHUSIASM AND DEFUSE OUR DRIVE AND POWER TO MOVE FORCEFULLY AHEAD. FOR MANY PERSONS THIS IS THEIR CONSTANT PROBLEM. THEY ARE LIKE TRAVELLERS ON A TOUR BUS, LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW, MATCHING ALL OF THE SIGHTS PASSING BY, BUT NEVER SEEING OR FEELING ANY ONE OF THE PLACES THAT PASS TOO SWIFTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES. IN ORDER TO SUCCEED WE MUST GET A PICTURE WITH A CLEAR VISION AND FOCUSS SHARPLY ON TO ACCOMPLISH IT, THEN WE CAN MOVE AHEAD. IF WE SEE OUR PROJECT CLEARLY AND HAVE SIZED IT CORRECTLY, THEN SEIZE IT! MAKE THE GOAL FIRM, AND SEAL IT WITH AN INNER INTENTION. DETERMINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. EVEN IF IT APPEARS IMPOSSIBLE, MOVE AHEAD. IF WE WANT OUR DREAM TO REALLY SUCCEED - SEE IT! SIZE IT! SEIZE IT! FEEL IT! AND SUCCEED!