Any person who thinks
that there is nothing left to be discovered in this world because everything
has already been discovered is the greatest fool. They are the frogs in the
well who think only about that which is see able. They don’t
see beyond what can be seen. They will never be visionaries.
As new things keep
getting invented or discovered, as new records keep getting broken, as people
keep achieving new glories, the benchmarks for other visionaries are only
expanding. It is not that everything has been invented or discovered – there
are many other things waiting to be unearthed out there – only a true visionary
will „see‟ them and then „show‟
them to others.
In the modern age, it
has become a tall order to build visions and strive to achieve them, but at the
same time things have become simpler too. It has become a tall order today
because we have a lot of technology at our disposal. In the 1400s when someone
discovered a continent, it was a vision. Before that, when someone postulated
and proved that the earth was round, it was a vision. Today, such things don’t
even pass muster, because our technology can find these things out with the
greatest ease. So, it has become difficult for visionaries because they have to
think various wavelengths away from what we already have in order to bring
something new into the world.
But, the very same
technology that has made envisioning difficult has made it easier as well.
Today, it is easier to reach someone anywhere in the globe within the blink of
an eye. It is easy to reach into the universe; it is easy to delve into the
atom. The infinitesimal and the infinite both are ours for the calling. Our
technology has made it simpler for us to improve and even improvise upon
things. This is what makes envisioning a challenging but stimulating process.
Whether it is sport
or science, whether it is business or the Internet, you can envision a million
things and possibly achieve them too. It all depends on what heights or depths
you would be willing to go to.
Conclusion
Vision isn’t for everyone; it is for those few who dare to dream and dare even
more to achieve.
Don’t fetter
yourself with the known, the achieved, the talked-about. Look northward, where
no one has reached yet.
It is only when
you dare to think about un-trespassed territory will you be able to achieve and
stay faithful to your vision, however much outrageous it might seem to you and
to others at the moment.
kimberly@mail.postmanllc.net
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