In the song, Theme from Mahogany, Diane Ross asks the questions, “Do you know where you’re going to?” and Do you know what you’re hoping for? “Do you know? The song invokes images from the movie in which the dreams of youth had slipped away with no open doors to return to the past and fulfill them.
Where are we trying to go in life? Have we been there before? If yes, why are we trying to go backwards in time? A living dream has a present and potential future, and as far as I know, we have never lived this day before. Whenever I find myself reminiscing too much or mourning former dreams, I discipline myself to come back to the present so that I can envision a future that allows me to see and enjoy what I have never seen or experienced. I discovered from my past mistakes that if I keep looking at the future through the sunglasses of my past, I will only see what I have always seen and repeat the mistakes that I have made before. http://disciplinedforsuccess.com/blog/a-new-pair-of-glasses
So, I am realizing that if I am going to be disciplined for success, I need to establish the daily and lifetime mission of exploring new possibilities (http://disciplinedforsuccess.com/blog/consider-the-possibilities), dreaming new dreams http://disciplinedforsuccess.com/blog/dreams-visions, and ‘boldly going where I have never gone before.’