Write the Vision, Make it Plain

           

                    Okay. Here I go being naked again, but this time in front of you, the reader. This is my vision board. I heard about a vision board many times, but I was encouraged to go ahead and do mine when I recently saw Oprah interviewing Steve Harvey. (To learn more about the interview, google. Lol!) The purpose of the vision board is to allow you to focus on your goals. Looking at your vision board daily should not only give you direction, but give you passion to see these things appear in your life. It answers questions like: “What do you want to do? Where do you want to go? What would you like to have?” I believe that wherever we focus our energy is where we see things blossom, positively or negatively. A vision board gives us the ability to focus our energy on all those things we keep yapping about doing, and actually feeling driven to do it.

                    Here is a brief description of my vision board, left to right:

1.     TGH is the non-profit organization I started a few years ago.

2.     Iyanla Vanzant represents my desire to be a life coach.

3.     The woman running is my desire to become fit again.

4.     The family holding hands is my continuous desire for me and my family to always be under the covering of God.

5.     The stack of books is my desire to write a book or two someday.

6.     Tyler Perry represents my desire to rise above my circumstances, and to even attain his level of greatness.

7.     Oprah represents many things for me, but ultimately I admire her tenacious work ethic. I have seen many of shows where she describes the expectations and standards she sets for the people around her, because it is what she sets for herself.

8.     I aspire to always live in peace, represented by the silhouette of two fingers.

9.     The beach pic is a picture of Dubai. I am looking forward to travelling there someday.

10.  I desire to do public speaking, which is represented by the silhouette of the woman at the podium.

11.  I would love to have one more baby, so I chose the cutest pic I could find (Outside of my own son). :-)

12. Finally,  I want to own a home, and I adore bungalows, so here is a pic of a bungalow.

                  One day I was praying and I heard God say, “I did not create you for mediocrity, I created you for excellence”. During this particular time in my life, I was going to work late, not really giving my all when at work, not following through on things I started, etc. However, once I heard His voice, I stopped making excuses for all of my slack behaviors, and began to challenge myself to always give my all. Colossians 3:23 says, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” I work as if God is my boss, and my reward comes directly from Him, only because I want to please Him.

                The things you see on my vision board aren’t things I think I am to achieve; they are things I am going to achieve. And if for some reason I don’t see one manifest, it’s because God had something even greater. I just have that "for real" kind of faith.

I challenge you to create a vision board for yourself, have faith it will happen, and watch how things come to pass.

Peace.