Blasts of Light

[Beautiful Future - II]

It’s not that our vision of the future is dark or out of focus. It’s that our vision only comes in blasts of light.

I‘ve never met anyone with zero ideas about how things can improve. From affordable medical care to more engaging educational models to a reduction in addictions, we are wired to imagine something better. On a small scale, the same is true. Everyone I know has at least one small image of how life should change to be more healthy, fulfilling, and beautiful—from healthier ways to gather for worship to curbing depression to eating healthier.

But these images aren’t delivered in full form. Lightning strikes and we get a flash of what’s possible. The rest of the time it takes work to try to re-create the details that for a brief moment were clear as day.

The challenge is not seeing a beautiful future.
The challenge is "re-seeing" it enough to continue inspiring and informing us as we build it.

That takes work. Intentionality. Perseverance.

The blast of light, the clairvoyance, and the vision are not in shortage. A commitment to holding it in front of us as a destination is.