The Power of Vision

THE POWER OF VISION

Cl. Mario D’Couto SDB

            Each of us is destined for something great. None of us is a piece of junk and thus in order to realize the true worth in us, it is important that we need to be people of vision.

            Life, in order to have meaning, has to be directed towards a particular goal. Yes, it is important to grow through life and not just go through life. Yet, our growth has to have a certain direction. It is like saying a person could allow the plants in his garden to grow anyhow, if he does not want to see it kept neat and clean. But if he wants to see it neat and clean, then care should be taken to make sure that it does not grow that way. The same could be said about keeping one’s hair.
           
            The point that we can draw out from these two illustrations is that, the fact that we take care of something implies that we will the good of that particular thing as in the case of one’s garden or hair. Hence, in this case, the beauty of the garden or the hair becomes the good and the care taken to achieve the purpose becomes the means.

            Hence it is important to keep our eyes focused on our goals. I would like to conclude this short refection by highlighting one of the Gospel incidents which involve Jesus and Peter. In one the many encounters between Jesus and Peter, there is that famous incident where Jesus walks on the water and invites Peter to walk with Him. As it is written in the Scriptures, as long as Peter kept his eyes fixed on Jesus and moved towards Him, nothing happened. But the minute he took his eyes of Jesus and became conscious of the water, he slowly began to drown until he cried out, “Save me Lord.”


            I guess that this particular incident from the Gospel serves as a good analogy of our own selves. We begin to bloom spiritually when we fix our eyes on the person of Christ and strive to imitate Him. 

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