Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Wisdom of the Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire Cat Message
"Which road should I take?" she asked the cat.
"Where do you want to go?" the cast asked helpfully.
"I don't know," admitted Alice.
"Then," advised the cat, "any road will take you there."
A conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
So many people are so extremely busy--most often busy doing good things. The Savior himself "went about doing good..." (Acts 10:38). The Savior also had a vision--a purpose for his doing--and that was "to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). Having a vision allowed him to not only do good but also to stay focused on choosing to do the best things amongst all the good things he could be doing.
Without a vision we can be busy doing many good things and never see results. In fact, we won't even know if we have arrived at a desired result. If we don't have a vision of where we want to be--what we want to accomplish--, any road filled with good things will take us to some place although it might not be the best place.