Be Blind To Failure

"He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will
one day realise it" - James Allen

"There was an incredible story in the June 18, 2001 issue of Time
magazine about Erik Weihenmayer who had recently climbed Mt. Everest.

Now there's been quite a few people that have climbed the worlds
highest summit since Sir Edmund Hillary first did in 1953. But no one
had ever climbed Mt. Everest that was blind, until Erik Weihenmayer did.

What's even more amazing is that on September 5, 2002 he reached the
top of Mt. Kosciusko, the highest peak in Australia. That made Erik
the first blind climber to reach the top of the traditional Seven
Summits, the most challenging peaks in the world.

Erik can't see like the most of us can, but he knows, like James Allen
knew, that if we settle for what we can see today, we'll never live
the life of our dreams. We have to have a vision for our life, for
what we want to become. Most importantly, we have to cherish it and
hold on tightly to it when circumstances are telling us that we'll
never see our vision.

If you read Erik's story you'll discover that Erik stumbled into the
Camp on the first floor of Mt. Everest bloodied, sick and dehydrated.
And he was still 9000 feet (almost two miles) from the summit. But
Erik had cherished and lived with his vision for years and would not
be denied. Like the tittle of the story says, Erik was "Blind to
Failure".

The ancient writer tells us in Proverbs that "Without a vision, the
people perish". So we must take the time to determine the vision for
our life. But once we've settled on our vision, then it's important
that we take James Allen's advice to cherish it in our heart. " - Vic
Johnson

"Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in
the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole
process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with
failure." - Erik Weihenmayer

And that's worth thinking about...

JW

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