Characteristics of a Vision
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This week, we will be considering the characteristics of a vision. We will be answering the question: What are the distinctive features of a vision that transforms life and the society?
A vision is unique. No two visions, even if they are out to achieve similar objectives, are exactly the same. Because a vision is born and nurtured by people, they are as unique as the people behind them are. Each vision comes in contents and packages of the visionary’s character, experience and personality. It is not strange to discover that your purpose is similar to the one being pursued by another with a greater degree of success. This may make you feel intimidated to the point of abandoning your cause. You might also wonder why you will have to be doing what someone else is doing. The truth is that visions may be similar but they stand no better chance of being the same more than our thumb prints. There is a personal signature that each of us brings into whatever we do. There is a unique angle from which the same issue is viewed by two different people. That is why you have different airlines plying successfully the same routes. It explains why there are different cars catering for the same category of users. It is the reason behind the different brands of computers. It explains where there are many universities catering to the same category of students.
The understanding of the uniqueness of your vision provides you the impetus to achieve it. If you fail to see the uniqueness of your vision, you probably will never develop the passion to see it through. Unless and until you are convinced you have something different to offer, you have failed to justify the existence of your vision. If it not unique, look for another name to call your vision.
It would seem to me that we live in a society that does not recognize and promote the uniqueness of the individuals. We celebrate uniformity over uniqueness. We promote conformity over the individual’s ability to think and see differently. I think we should lean to celebrate our uniqueness the same way God does. Contrary to what many will want us to believe, God loves variety. That’s why he has created nations, tribes, cultures, colours, sexes, personalities… A look at the cosmos will reveal unique bodies in harmony like an orchestra.
If we fail to see the uniqueness in each of us, then we might fail at creating and pursuing a unique vision. The truth is you are unique. And lying on the inside of you is a unique vision that bears your signature tune. No one can carry out that assignment exactly the way you would. So, put behind your vision the full weight of your uniqueness and bring about that transformation to the society the way only you can.
This week, we will be considering the characteristics of a vision. We will be answering the question: What are the distinctive features of a vision that transforms life and the society?
A vision is unique. No two visions, even if they are out to achieve similar objectives, are exactly the same. Because a vision is born and nurtured by people, they are as unique as the people behind them are. Each vision comes in contents and packages of the visionary’s character, experience and personality. It is not strange to discover that your purpose is similar to the one being pursued by another with a greater degree of success. This may make you feel intimidated to the point of abandoning your cause. You might also wonder why you will have to be doing what someone else is doing. The truth is that visions may be similar but they stand no better chance of being the same more than our thumb prints. There is a personal signature that each of us brings into whatever we do. There is a unique angle from which the same issue is viewed by two different people. That is why you have different airlines plying successfully the same routes. It explains why there are different cars catering for the same category of users. It is the reason behind the different brands of computers. It explains where there are many universities catering to the same category of students.
The understanding of the uniqueness of your vision provides you the impetus to achieve it. If you fail to see the uniqueness of your vision, you probably will never develop the passion to see it through. Unless and until you are convinced you have something different to offer, you have failed to justify the existence of your vision. If it not unique, look for another name to call your vision.
It would seem to me that we live in a society that does not recognize and promote the uniqueness of the individuals. We celebrate uniformity over uniqueness. We promote conformity over the individual’s ability to think and see differently. I think we should lean to celebrate our uniqueness the same way God does. Contrary to what many will want us to believe, God loves variety. That’s why he has created nations, tribes, cultures, colours, sexes, personalities… A look at the cosmos will reveal unique bodies in harmony like an orchestra.
If we fail to see the uniqueness in each of us, then we might fail at creating and pursuing a unique vision. The truth is you are unique. And lying on the inside of you is a unique vision that bears your signature tune. No one can carry out that assignment exactly the way you would. So, put behind your vision the full weight of your uniqueness and bring about that transformation to the society the way only you can.
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