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The Seven Intentions^® of Values-Centered Leadership

3. Envision Your Destiny

Destiny is the evidence in history that the employment of one's gifts is making a necessary difference in today’s world. We suddenly, or gradually, discover that the world needs what we were given as gifts and values. And we begin to envision how these gifts and values can serve the needs of our community, family, or organized vocation. Destiny is, thus, a vision, even a plan in which we play a vital role. Through "envisioning" how our gifts can serve others,we begin to craft a plan that has meaning to us and to others. We set goals that make sense for who we are!

Destiny is not predestination by a Higher Power; there is no freedom in such an idea. For our part, we identify our gifts and our values, envision how they can be used in our world,and COMMIT to serve. Orchestration of our gifts and the gifts of others is the role of our “authorship” in the cocreation of a better world.

Our role is to serve with all that we are, while the presence of a Greater Power is to conduct. Footwork, faith, and commitment are all we have control over; the rest is a mystery beyond our control. Knowing the rightness of our choices is in the affirmations and the opening of doors. We gain confidence in our Destiny as our service to others continues to fulfill our sense of purpose.

In time, our Destiny finds us. The best we can do is to imagine how we can serve our culture effectively—and to respond fully.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE FOR INTENTION #3
See how your gifts, beliefs, and values correlate to your purpose in life.