Vision vs. Action

Years ago, vision boards achieved great popularity with the book, The Secret. Even I bought into the 'attraction'. I still have my copy.

After reading it, I realized that its guiding principle for incredibly Bible-based, but most people are afraid to give God His proper due. The idea that your mode of thinking directly affects what the universe give you. And who made the universe? That's a different post so I digress...

Creating your own vision board is considered the key to success. It is not enough to simply have a positive mental attitude. The secret to achieving your goals is to dream about positive, focused, and specific goals. As The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vision Boards describes, the images and phrases that make the board should represent your highest priorities. Some post that a certain amount of time spent in front of the board is necessary for complete success, while others suggest that simply creating the vision board is what is critical to maintain the goal in your subconscious. If you think about your goals as if they've already occurred, then the universe will give this to you.


Cutting out pictures and writing down positive affirmations may be beneficial to some; especially if it helps us organize and more clearly delineate our goals. Just remember that after you dream, think, and pray about it, then it's time act on it. Sir Iaasc Newton says it best.

 

NEWTON'S FIRST LAW OF MOTION -- Every object that is in a state of uniform motion, tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. In other words, there is a natural tendency for objects to keep doing what they're doing. All objects (including humans) resist changes in their state of motion. Unless there is an unbalanced force that comes in and knocks something loose and shakes it up, then the object will remain in the same state of motion.
Example of Newton's First Law of Motion -- Dirty dishes in the sink won't clean themselves. Certainly, you can use the dishwasher and make it easy on yourself but YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT THEM IN THE DISHWASHER! If you want something to change (move), an external force (you) has to be applied to it. In other words, you have to take action. 


NEWTONS' SECOND LAW OF MOTION -- Heavier objects require more force to move the same distance as lighter objects. So we have force, mass, acceleration (F=ma). Force is equal to mass (times) acceleration. Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass of the object that needs to be accelerated, the greater the amount of force needed to accelerate the object.
Example of Newton's Second Law of Motion -- Hmmmmmm . . . would it be easier to push a bicycle or a car if you had a flat tire? How much force do you think I would have to apply to create a five page website as opposed to this 3,000 page website. Yeah, the more moving your want means to more force you'll need.


NEWTON'S THIRD LAW OF MOTION -- For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite in direction. So whenever an object pushes another object it gets pushed back in the opposite direction equally hard.
Example of Newton's Third Law of Motion -- Let's just say that YOU are a rocket ship and you want to go to the Moon with your career. How much thrust do you think it will take to get you there? Your action (being the rocket) is to push down on the ground with the force of your powerful engines, fire, thrust and power, and the reaction is that the ground pushes you (the rocket) upward with the equal force of your rocket boosters. The more force from you, the higher you go.

It's okay to dream about it but you'll need to act on it for it to happen.