I have heard it said that eyes that look are normal, but eyes that see are rare. However, I have found that eyes that see beyond are essential. Everyone has something to see beyond. Perhaps it is a closed door or a challenge that seems crippling, which blocks your view of life’s best. Some fail to search for a creative way to look past any interference because they have convinced themselves that they cannot see their way out of impossibilities.  We live in a visual world often losing hope when we cannot see the answer to our dilemmas.

Years ago, I found myself in a life crisis that threatened what I could see. I am the mother of five miracle children that the doctors said I would never have. With each pregnancy I progressively lost my eyesight. The bitter sweet joy of having children and yet not being able to see their faces clearly left me to look for eyes that would see. It was literally in my darkest hour that I realized the difference between eyesight and vision. Eyesight focuses on things that are temporal and subject to change without notice. Vision allows you to see even in the darkest places of life. Vision overlooks obstacles and sees beyond inconveniences and challenges. Vision sees with the heart.

In the midst of impossibilities and hopeless despair from medical limitations, I was determined to find my answer. I did not want to go through life blindly. I purposed to find a way to view life and see it from the front row seat.

Ironically, I now see more clearly and I am convinced the world is blind. From the front row seat nothing is obscuring my view because my focus is unimpaired due to the obvious potential and opportunities that are looming in the front and center. What about your view? Move up by me and I will help you see beyond today!

What is currently impairing your vision?

When you choose to look beyond the horizon… the sky is the limit!

First published for the Zig Ziglar Network