Success Digest
with Olusegun Samson G.
WEEK 47.
The Eye that Looks and the Eye that sees
Our eye is an amazing and important part of the body. It is the window of the soul they say. The ability to see is one of the greatest gift from the Creator (God). Seeing is so important that about half of our brain is dedicated to it alone. This is why it is easier for our eyes to take in four million bits of information every second. It will also interest you to know that in an average life, your eyes will see 24 million different images. At this point it is important to note that there is a connection between what you see and what you become. Where you are today is a result of what you see or
Many are the eyes that look, but few are they that see. If you were with a friend and ask him to look towards a direction, obeying and looking at the said direction do not guarantees him seeing what you are seeing or want him to see; you might have to point and probably make some more description for the person to see what you are seeing. This shows us that we might be looking at the same direction but seeing different things. At times out of frustration we ask people 'can't you see?' No, they do see, but certainly something other than what you see. This is the picture of what literally happen in real life. What differentiate successful people from the unsuccessful ones is their seeing power. What I'm saying is that everything you did ever need are not far from you as you think they were, you are not only seeing them even though you are looking at their direction. Believe me opportunities are every where. To be successful you must develop the capacity to be able to identify them by seeing what other are not seeing. Let me give you some amazing facts you need to take to heart to be able to tap from the power of seeing and thereby making every looks count.
Five Amazing Fact You Need To Know About Seeing
1. You will not be able to Get Ahead until you See Ahead: it is our vision that determines one next step into the future. It is difficult to go ahead when you lost feasibility while driving down the road; you either stop or go very slowly. So when you experiences stagnation in life, it's telling you that you can no longer see ahead. Each time we loose sight of the future, it becomes difficult to move further. Learn to see ahead by projecting into the future. Ten, twenty years from now, what can you see yourself becoming or your organization achieving; this is very important if you want to move ahead. Steve Jobs was a successful business leader because he could see ahead; while the rest of the world built ever smaller and lighter laptops, Jobs sees ahead that many would rather use tablet instead. Remember you will only be able to go as far as you can see in life.
2. You can Change Anything by Changing the Way you See Them (including yourself): how we see ourselves is what we become. Our world is a reflection of what we see. Two persons looking at a stumbling blocks; one person sees stopping blocks and the other is seeing stepping stones. The different? Vision. If you can see very well that problem is progress in disguise. Ward C. M. once said, "There are things I can't force I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint." Try change the way you see things, view every situation positively. It is said, every situation, properly perceive, becomes an opportunity.
3. Until you Loose Sight of the Past, you will Never be able to See the Future: just as a wise man once said, "You can never discover new oceans if you don't have the courage to loose sight of the shore." It is difficult to make progress in life with our focus on the past. Forget about your past mistakes and even achievements( but keep at heart the lessons learnt from them) and look into the future. There are still much you can achieve; see them and seize them.
4. We do not See Things the Way They Are, but the Way We Are: get five people to look at the same thing independently and you will most likely get five different views of that thing. This is so because who we are influence what we see. This is why people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. If you want to see better become a better person. Build more capacity, develop yourself intellectually, move with people that are better and you will see better.
5. You Need Light to See Properly: there is this story of a woman by name Hagar sent away with her child by her mistress (as told in the bible). She and her child wondered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba and ran out of water. There was no more water in her bottle and the child was very thirty. So she cast the child under one of the shrubs and sat far away from her not wanting to see the death of her child. She wept as the child cries out loud, God heard the voice of the child and open the eyes of Hagar and she saw a well of water. She filled her bottle and gave the child drink. There are some dark moment in life that require the light of God to see through. Like Hagar you need God's help to see the well of solution. Humbly ask Him to open your eye. Never despise God, you will always need Him. There are some point in life that all you need is His leading.
Trust you have been inspired; don't just look, see possibilities! I do love to hear from you and don't forget to share this post with your friends on social media.
I see God opening your eyes to see that solution you have been looking for. Have a great week!
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