Something that has been on the forefront of my mind lately is vision. Something I need right now. I came up to the surface after that magnificent backflip with a huge smile on my face... ecstatic. But what now? Last night, I read a chapter in "Tender Warrior" by Stu Weber that talked about how men should have vision. Coincidentally, or maybe not!, the second song on Pandora this beautiful Sunday morning was "Be though my vision." And then I popped open this awesome book of Puritan Prayers and bam. Icing on the cake. I posted the prayer below. I am where I am right now for bigger reasons than to run fast and work hard. I summarized my life into three priorities: Honor God. Love People. Live an adventure. I had to throw in the last as a little bit of my own personality. I think I will stop here, because the prayer below is everything I want to say right now.

Lord of all being,

There is one thing that deserves my greatest care,

         that calls forth my ardent desires,

That is, that I may answer the great end for which

     I am made –

   to glorify thee who hast given me being,

   and to do all the good I can for my fellow men;

Verily, life is not worth having

   if it be not improved for this noble purpose.

Yet, Lord, how little is this the thought of mankind!

Most men seem to live for themselves,

   without much or any regard for thy glory,

   or for the good of others;

They earnestly desire and eagerly pursue

   the riches, honours, pleasures of this life,

   as if they supposed that wealth, greatness,

     merriment,

   could make their immortal souls happy;

But, alas, what false delusive dreams are these!

And how miserable ere long will those be that

     sleep in them,

   for all our happiness consists in loving thee,

   and being holy as thou art holy.

O may I never fall into the tempers and vanities,

   the sensuality and folly of the present world!

It is a place of inexpressible sorrow, a vast empty

   nothingness;

Time is a moment, a vapour,

   and all its enjoyments are empty bubbles,

   fleeting blasts of wind,

   from which nothing satisfactory can be derived;

Give me grace always to keep in covenant with thee,

   and to reject as delusion a great name here

     or hereafter,

   together with all sinful pleasures or profits.

Help me to know continually

   that there can be no true happiness,

   no fulfilling of thy purpose for me,

   apart from a life lived in and for

     the Son of thy love.

"VALLEY OF VISION: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions"