VISION: What do you see? (2)

Applying the process

Many people, including myself, have come to the realisation of the workings of this process, and have put it variously to work. For instance, upon my resumption at the University of Benin in the mid ‘80s, I wrote somewhere I could regularly see, my desire to make ‘All-round above 90 A-grades’ in my courses during my stay at the school. Sounds like a tall order, right? Wrong! The trick here was that each time I saw what I had written, it made an impression on my subconscious that that was the ideal, and my mind in turn charged my thoughts, speech and deeds in this direction.

The result: even though I did not land on the ‘sun’ as I desired, I got a good landing on the ‘moon’, graduating as the best student in my Department, especially in my third year (not bad landing, eh?).

I have since applied the same ‘aid’ for my children’s minds. I simply put up pictures and short write-ups about great heroes across time, such as Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Owens, the Wright Brothers, Obafemi Awolowo, etc, and take time to extol their virtues in my children’s presence when the opportunity presents itself.

Equally, many years ago, my younger sister made very good grades at her first attempt at the GCE (General Certificate of Education). After giving her a gift with my children’s knowledge, I got a copy of her results and pasted it next to my daughter’s reading time table so that each time she saw it, she would be galvanised to repeat, or even better the performance.  The result: she passed her West African School Certificate Examinations (WASCE) at one sitting, making mostly A grades (without a single F or P). She eventually graduated from the University with a high-CGPA Second Class Upper in Mass Communication at barely 20! Praise God!

Implementing your vision

It is pertinent to note here that it is not nearly enough to possess vision, to see the right things, to conceive the right ideas. These ideas must be followed with action to birth them. Do not let your vision be another that would be taken to the grave unfulfilled.

For a good stretch at one time, one of my family mantra each morning was this ‘the Good Lord should permit that my vision comes to fruition’.  I do realise, however, that after His enablement, I must act to bring the vision to fruition. I must take responsibility for ‘working out’ the desired end after He must have provided the ‘enabling environment’. He plays His role, I play mine, and the vision is birthed!

Moreover, we ought not to wait for the world to ‘understand’ our vision before we act on them. This is because the world may actually never understand the vision until it is finally made manifest by the visioner.

You can hardly hit a target you cannot see. You can hardly accomplish wonderful things with your life, if you have no idea of what they are

 – Dupe Olayoku (FB)