Man and Vision

The man without a vision will never be anything but an ordinary man, and
the people who never dream of greater things, will never get beyond
ordinary things. It is our visions and dreams that lift our minds to lofty
realms, that make us feel that there is something greater and better to
work for; and when we become inspired with a desire to work for
greater and better things, we will not only proceed to carry out those
desires, but will finally secure sufficient power to fulfil those desires.
"The nation that has no vision shall perish." This is a great truth that we
have heard a thousand times, and we know the reason why; but the
same truth is applicable to man. If he has no vision, he will go down;
but if he has visions, the highest and most perfect visions he can
possibly imagine, and lives constantly for their realization, he will
positively ascend in the scale. He will become a greater and a greater
man, and those things that were at one time simply dreams, will, in the
course of time, become actual realities.


The power of love is another force in this higher group that is extremely
valuable, and the reason is that it is the tendency of love to turn
attention upon the ideal, the beautiful and the more perfect. When you
love somebody, you do not look for their faults; in fact, you do not see
their faults. Your whole attention is turned upon their good qualities,
and here, let us remember that whatever we continue to see in others,
we develop in ourselves. The power of real love always tend's to draw
out into expression the finer elements of mind, character and life. For
that reason, we should always love, love much, and love the most ideal
and the most perfect that we can discover in everybody and in
everything that we may meet in life.


We have all discovered that when a man really loves an ideal woman,
or the woman that constitutes his ideal, he invariably becomes stronger
in character, more powerful in personality, and more able in mind.
When a woman loves an ideal man, or her ideal, she invariably becomes
more attractive. The beautiful in her nature comes forth into full
expression and many times the change is so great that we can hardly
believe that she is the same woman. The power of love, if genuine,
constant and strong, tends to improve everything in human life; and as
this power is one of the higher forces in human nature, we readily
understand the reason why.