One of the things people in my workshops are surprised about, among many, is the suggestion that our sense of the desired future - our vision/dreams - is most powerful as a lens we use to see the present differently rather than an object of achievement. It speaks to the kind of positive relativism and mythic nature of reality as self-created and shared meaning.
Future as object to achieve narrows our wisdom and creative eyes; future as lens opens them.
One implication is that we stop using our sense of the future as a measuring stick by which to base our self and shared esteem, but rather as a provocative catalyst to unpredictable and expansive fields of possibility. This is a profound shift and makes the future not a source of constant of anxiety, but inspiration and connection.
