Vision

I guess that the first part of my vision for my life is for it to be happy and fulfilling. I want to be educated and finish college and then have some sort of career. Also, I want to live worthily so that one day I can find an eternal companion and be sealed in the the temple to them. Along with this, I want to be a wife and a mother and I want learn to fulfill these roles to my outmost potential. I must live in an enriching environment all my life so that I will always be challenged. Always be actively engaged in good causes and be able to impact people lives. Also, focus on small and simple things to make a difference. I want to learn to be patient, confident and more charitable. Finally, always be a missionary.

I have a lot of parts to by vision, so I tried to make a goal for each individual aspect of it. One of my goals is to choose a good major, because that is necessary and will help me finish college. Then, graduate with honors because that will help me get a job and then have a career. Going to church, reading scriptures and praying will help me live righteously and worthily. This and only dating righteous men will help me find and eternal companion and if we are both righteous we will get married in the temple. I will look to the example of strong women in my life to teach me how to be a good wife and mother. I'm not sure what goal will help me to always live in an enriching environment. To be actively engaged in good causes and impact peoples lives I will be very envolved in my children's school. Also, I hope to have a calling that will help me achieve this. To learn to be patient, confident and more charitable I have to start living that way, because even if I am not originally those things if you act like you are eventually you will become that way. Finally, to always be a missionary I will serve a mission, but also help the missionaries in my home ward by tracking and looking for investigators. But, also by just being an example of the gospel and caring for people can I be a missionary.

I think vision and goals are very important. By having them you can give your life and purpose a direction, wile without them you are more likely to stumble and fall or wander aimlessly. On a smaller scale than your life, having a vision and goals makes it so you can accomplish things. If everything is mapped out then you can make a plan to achieve it. Also, the more that you leave to uncertainty the more likely something will go wrong, but if you have a vision and goals it is more likely to be successful. Also, having a vision and goals helps you to be realistic. Especially with the goals, it lets you see what you can possible accomplish and if something isn't realistic you can change your vision and goals so it is.

My final thoughts on visions and goals is that they should not be easy to achieve. Michelangelo said "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." Although a vision and goals should be realistic, it should also challenge us to be our very best. If we make a vision that is easy to accomplish, in the end we won't feel accomplished. So, in conclusion I think vision is also about challenging yourself and living up to your potential.