Are You A Visionary? Seeing the Forest from the Trees
203 views · Published 22 November 2011 · 1:18:53 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: Rabbi Simon Jacobson at Meaningful Life Center · 2011 · Howto & Style
Re'eh: 08/12/09 BEHOLD: ARE YOU A VISIONARY? Seeing the Forest from the Trees Do you have a vision of your life in, say, 10 years? What dreams and aspirations would you like to see fulfilled? (And this is not about how much money you want to make...). Do you have an overall vision for your life, or is you life driven and defined by the needs and demands of the moment? No enterprise or business can function without a vision statement. Can you? A life with vision is dramatically and radically different than and a life without it. The former is guided by a unifying principle; the latter, by random circumstances. Vision provides direction. Lack of vision is aimless. Can you imagine driving without seeing the road ahead, without knowing where you want to reach? Do you control the details of your life, or do the details control you? Do you ever wonder what your life would look like from a birds' eye view? What is the bigger story of your life, rather than the frame by frame chapters? And what will the picture look like years from now -- when you can see your life in retrospect? "Behold" is one of the most powerful words used in the Torah. It means to step back and see the bigger picture. This week's Torah portion, titled "See" or Behold," teaches us how to look, how to see -- how to focus and discover the vision of your life. Visionaries are few and far between; most people are simply too consumed and overwhelmed with the details to step back and see the bigger picture. The greatest casualty of this myopia is of course ourselves. Join Rabbi Jacobson and learn how to become a visionary. Learn tools that will help you discern and establish the vision of your own life. Armed with vision your life will never be the same.
