I remember last time I was in a pet store; I bought neatest little super-duper pooper scooper for my cat's litter box. I'll bet guy that discovered that made a fortune off of it; hehehe… Considering what I had to do, before I had that little device, I was glad to buy it. :>)

But, a mentally nearsighted person comes with his own set of problems. Here is dude that can only see nose in front of his face. He sees no value in planning, thinking, and preparing for future. Thinking of anything more than a day away, for him, gets his knickers all in a twist.

He is so pre-occupied with alligators that are trying to eat him right now, that he can't free his mind, to give his creative juices enough energy, to look into distance and see big picture. Being able to see down road and mentally visualize great possibilities is a phenomenal function of human brain.

Be an Eagle Eye!

This type of creative mental vision is a skill that can be learned and exercised. It is a skill that we all need to develop so we can learn to look into our own private world with a fresh mental vision and see opportunities that are already about us and ones that are in distance that will come our way.

At times you may think you know a duck as soon as you see it. But, at same time, if it's not acting like a duck then you may say; "this has no value". Don't do that.

Don't write it off and say, "Well, it ain't quacking, so it ain't a duck". Hey, you just might need your mental vision tweaked a little bit. You might be right on verge of discovering something as slick as snot on a doorknob. You never know.

A Sitting Duck!

Now listen; we all have a tendency to see only what we want to see; and, to see mentally is to think. And, when you spend quality time thinking, you are exercising your mental capacity for vision and planning and preparing for possibilities to come your way. Spending quality time thinking is a sure fire way to find out whether this duck is a quacker.

And, while you're thinking, ask yourself questions: lots of questions. This will truly get your mental juices flowing and teach you how to think and decide whether your duck is going to start talking like a duck.

Ask all sorts of questions about circumstances you're facing right now. This will show you how to exercise your mental nearsightedness.

A Man Of Many Words!

Ask yourself questions about how you will handle new opportunities when they present themselves; this will exercise your mental farsightedness. You have already faced enough opportunities to know how to ask yourself these questions.

Asking yourself or others questions about things you don't understand will exercise both your mental visions and reward you richly. And, you could make a great discovery. Who knows, maybe you will be next guy to invent next great super-duper pooper scooper.

Richard Vegas ©2002

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Make room for expanding your horizons. Look beyond where you have come from and see bigger picture. Plan to maximize your potential.

You cannot grow if you do not feed yourself. As a baby, someone else fed you until you learned to feed yourself. Now that you have learned to feed yourself and you have found that it is a must for life, you do it on a daily basis. For some it is three times a day. For others it might be 5-6 times a day. For others once or twice. But, I know of no one who does not feed themselves on a regular daily basis. Why? Because you will die if you do not. Now there are others ways to die besides at life's end. I call it wasting away.

Man is born triune. That is, body, soul and spirit. If you do not feed yourself spiritually, you will die. If you do not feed yourself intellectually, you will die. If you do not feed mind, you will die. If you do not feed soul, you will die. Or, to put it another way, you will waste away. Ancient Script says we perish for lack of knowledge. Knowledge comes from cracking books, taking classes, studying different cultures, going to seminars and sharing all this with others. There is something about sharing what you know with others that not only helps you grow and make room for more as you give what you know away, but it also helps those with whom you share your wisdom.

But guess what? There are thousands of people who do not and will not feed themselves on a daily basis, foods necessary for spiritual growth, mental growth, emotional growth, etc. Food for soul is good. So is food for brain, inner you, your emotions and intellect. You can feed body all it wants but still waste away if you do not attend all areas of your make-up. It is called balance. Why do you think you have a soul, a spirit, and a brain? It is there to feed on a daily basis. You cannot leave car in garage without giving it some attention. Sooner or later it isn't going to run well, if at all. What do you think would happen to it if you left it in garage without any attention at all for several weeks or months? One day you would try to start it and nothing would happen. It would be dead. It is same way with you and I. Those who refuse to attend most marvelous of creations might be called living dead. They just exist contributing nothing to not only their own lives but also contributing nothing to lives of those around them. What is it you want people to say about you after your gone? What should they say? Here is what I hope others will say about me. "You know, ol' Bill was never a quitter. He always gave it 110% no matter what. He not only changed himself for better by adding quality daily to his life, he also helped change lives of others."

You can grow if you want to. And key is WANT TO. Your want to must be stronger than I cant. I can't means I won't try. Purpose must be stronger than object sought. Why must be stronger than how. When you know why you want something and it serves a great purpose, how you get it will become easier. You will see ways to get it that you never knew, when why becomes stronger than how. If why has no worthwhile purpose, how of it will become harder than usual, many times impossible.

START GROWING TODAY. IT IS NEVER TO LATE. HOW DO I START? RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, THAT'S WHERE. AND DON'T STOP GROWING UNTIL. UNTIL WHEN? UNTIL YOU HAVE GROWN ALL THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

A parting thought...Stay encouraged. Everything is temporary, even storms of life.

I Wish You The Best Of Success,

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