A Greater Vision
In my previous article titled Patience, Faith & Hope, I had mentioned that there are three things that are required to achieve superlative success in this world. The three were thus enumerated as energy, perseverance and vision. Any individual who incorporates these three attributes into his life would find great success, no matter where he goes. Success is again a relative term. While something that may seem as a great achievement to you, won’t necessarily mean the same to me. Hence success is alternatively defined for each and every one of us. While most equate success with personal achievement or personal glory, it can be safely said, that these things are hardly of any use to others. Sure my neighbor may be a great successful billionaire, but does that in any way, change my life? Does that mean, he pays my taxes for me? Does that mean that he can truly make a difference in my life, just by being who he is? That is definitely not true. One person’s success is of no use to the other person, unless it changes his life for the better.
Thus we come upon the third attribute that I mentioned in my dissertations pertaining to superlative success. ‘Vision’; it is a man’s vision that truly determines as to how universally successful he becomes. It is vision that incorporates within itself not just personal ambition or personal desire, but a genuine craving to make a difference in the society; a genuine desire to uplift the destitute. In the end, it is this vision that truly makes a person great; for the purpose, which is rooted in selfless benevolence makes his vision seem worthwhile to others. This in turn makes his achievement and his success all the more universal and endearing.
It is hard to come across men who have such vision in their lives. They truly are a rare breed of human beings. Most of the times, we come across people who bear a very stunted vision concerning their goals and desires in life. Most of the times a man’s vision is centered towards the ultimate fulfillment of desires; towards self-gratification. Thus the vision in itself has no scope of growth. However contrary to that there exist some men, whose vision is such that even the wisest of wise cannot fathom their ultimate purpose. Such vision is deeply rooted in a genuine need to be selfless and benevolent and hence such vision incorporates within itself the interests of others as well. It incorporates their problems and their shortcomings in a bid to finally seek a solution to change their lives for the better.
It is this ‘greater vision’ that ultimately finds the greatest success owing to the simple reason that it is not centered around one single person. The fact that such vision is centered on the overall benefit of the people at large makes it that much endearing to others. Hence others who work with you are all the more eager and willing to incorporate that vision into their own lives. Hence with such a ‘greater vision’, one can not only make a difference in the society, but he can also inspire others to act in the same way. Thus gradually as more and more people start to believe in that vision, their collective energy goes into fulfilling it. In the end, such greater vision enables man to fulfill a greater purpose that is rooted not in instinctive self-gratification but in selfless benevolence. Thus a man who is centered in such a vision and who acts accordingly to transform that vision into reality is uplifted by the blessings of the thousands, whose lives he changes. These blessings ultimately take him beyond the recursive and redundant way of life that the human existence epitomizes; lending a divine sheen to his existence; in the end making him immensely satisfied and exalted.
Thus when he comes to the end of his journey and as he looks back he realizes that his life truly means something; that his life was truly employed in making this world a better place to live in. Ultimately, such success that leaves a positive influence on the lives of others is success that can be universally equated with greatness… for it truly is divine…:)
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December 7, 2009 11:51 pm
