It’s popular these days to ask people what they want to be when they grow up: the answers are often a kind of personal vision statement. People, like companies, struggle to craft just the right message about their future aspirations. A great example is the ‘vivid vision’ statements that graduates of Hope for Prisoners reentry program write and share with each other. These tell what they hope to achieve one year later and are very thoughtful, hopeful, positive, and motivating. None of us know exactly where we’ll be in the future, but having a goal inspires dedication, motivation, and innovation. We can’t actually see all the invisible things that are waiting over the horizon, but if we dream and work hard enough these visions might come true. And if we keep our eye on the future and stay true to the things we want and believe in, there’s a good chance we’ll achieve our goals. Write down and begin working towards the great things in your vivid vision today.
Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745): Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, author (Gulliver’s Travels), political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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