9 Ways to Achieve Your Vision

Riders recognize how critically important it is to achieve your vision and reach your destination. No one else can do what you’re here to do and being proactive is the best defence against the challenges you’ll encounter along the way.

 

achieve-your-vision9 Ways to Achieve Your Vision

 

  1. Articulate it. Lewis Carroll’s quote “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there,” illustrates the need for this. Setting your sights on where you’re going is the first step to succeeding.

 

  1. Focus on the present. You’re headed towards the future, not the past. It’s behind you and can’t impair your vision. You can create the future you want from where you are right now. The best use of the past is to see how far you’ve come.

 

  1. Watch for road construction. ∫You’re more likely to struck by small bits flying off construction vehicles or gravel kicked up my other vehicles. It’s even more important to protect your vision to get through the rough patches of life’s Road. Construction eventually ends and you’ll want full eyesight when it does.

 

  1. Check for scratches. Scratching and pitting on lenses and visors are the equivalent of carrying wounds from the past. When you accumulate too many, they become a hazard. To a rider, that means replacing them. In life, it means learning the lessons from the past and then letting them go.

 

  1. Clean your lenses. They protect far more than your eyes. Several years ago I broke my shoulder because I was too stubborn to stop and clear the fog from my visor. Riding through a forest trail, I didn’t see the rut that catapulted me over the handlebars. Your eyes continuously receive inputs upon which you make life decisions. Make sure the information you’re basing them on is factual and not distorted by unrealistic and outdated thoughts and beliefs.

 

  1. Use eye drops. Even with protection, eyes become dry while riding. A few drops of saline nourish, soothe and comfort tired eyes. Keep your life vision healthy by taking the time to nurture body, mind and spirit.

 

  1. Make sure the gear fits You. Everyone looks through their own lenses and will see things from their perspective. Well-intended as they may be, your vision is not their vision. Guides and teachers are necessary to help you learn. Ultimately, your inner guide has the best advice for you.

 

  1. Stay positive. It’s easy to get discouraged and go off track when challenges are flying at you. Surround yourself with positive people. Although they won’t see exactly what you do, that can be a benefit. They’re resources and will see something you don’t. All you need to do is decide whether it’s relevant to your Road.

 

  1. Respond to change. Your vision will change over time. Physical changes affect your eyesight. New information can cause you to revise your personal vision. Stay open, receptive and prepared to act.

 

Being proactive is far preferable to damage control. Wearing gear that fits you, remaining alert and responding to change will help you achieve your vision, no matter which road you’re traveling.

 

 

 

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Author, writer, and student Liz Jansen combines her artistic mediums to create stories that inspire readers to embark on their own journey of self-discovery.

4 Comments on “9 Ways to Achieve Your Vision

  1. Thank you for these .. I really needed this today.
    Healing is slow so my focus has changed the past few months. I need to stay positive and focused on good things/rides to come. Might take a little while, but I’ll get there.
    Reading your posts are always something I look forward to.

    • Thanks Monet. We all need pep talks from time to time. It was really hard for me when I broke my shoulder. Forced into stillness and looking at things from a whole new perspective.

      It will take you time – but each day, you progress a little more. You are already getting there.

  2. Liz, I so agree with your viewpoint ‘ not to look backward to the past, but to look forward to the future’.

    • Mary – I love to hear your wisdom validating this.We can’t change the past but the future is an open book!

      Thank you.

      Liz