Visioneering
Chapter One
A VISION
IS BORN
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The soul never thinks without a picture.
Aristotle
What is a vision?
Where do they come from?
Visions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed
with the tension between what is and what could be. Anyone who is emotionally
involved-frustrated, brokenhearted, maybe even angry-about
the way things are in light of the way they believe things could be, is a
candidate for a vision. Visions form in the hearts of those who are dissatisfied
with the status quo.
Vision often begins with the inability to accept things the way they
are. Over time that dissatisfaction matures into a clear picture of what
could be. But a vision is more than that. After all, what could
be is an idea, a dream, but not necessarily a vision.
There is a always a moral element to vision. Vision carries with it a
sense of conviction. Anyone with a vision will tell you this is not merely ... read full excerpt from Visioneering ebook
