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“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
Napoleon Hill

Everyone pictures children as being nice, sweet kids, but they aren’t. We live naively not knowing the torment and cruelty that goes on. Harsh words and bullying are common. Fist fights are common as well. I am not a fighter by any means. Some people are more natural but it definitely is something that is developed with training like anything else in life. My first fight was with this punk David Brink, and man…I remember it vividly. Wow did I get my ass whooped that day. After sometime I learned a little more about fighting. I eventually was able to hold my own and he learned to find someone else to mess with...I will leave the details out but there was one important lesson I learned during that phase that can apply to life. The lesson was that in order to win, you must open your eyes. No matter how hard you swing, how fast and wild you fight or how much energy and stamina you have to last, without vision you have no chance in success or victory. You have to open your eyes and see where you are going in order to get there. So many times we go through life swinging wildly, aimlessly, thinking we are getting somewhere but lack the vision to know. We stand there getting hit with blow after blow after blow. Fat lips, black eyes and bloody noses. We know life hits hard and yet we continue to stand there fighting blindly. Open your eyes and see! Take a moment and get some vision. See where you want to be in 5 years and start developing an action plan. Take small steps that will get you there over time. Get a mentor to help guide you. Try Jesus. As time changes, so will your vision, always reevaluate it. Make sure you are on track. This is what helps you feel you have purpose in life. Otherwise, you will be alone wondering when you are institutionalized and crystallized from life’s glorious miracles.