The Vision For You: How to Discover the Life You Were Made For

by David Clayton, Marcelo J.J. Navarro Muñoz (Foreword)

The Vision for You is the name of a process by which we, who have been through it, discovered our true calling in life – what we call our ‘personal vocation.’ Through this process we discovered the Great Fact – that we have a choice in life. We can choose to be happy or to be miserable. The goal is to be happy and to become, more and more, the people we were meant to be. We aim to lead a life that is a good, true, and beautiful path to a better life. We call this path the Way of Beauty. I believe that anyone who has a sense that their lives ought to be more fulfilled can benefit from this book if they are prepared to follow its directions as best they can. This book is a description of the transformation of life through a set of spiritual exercises called the Vision for You – it is a structured ‘process,’ or ‘program,’ of prayer, reflection, and good works. You don’t have to be Catholic, or even Christian for this process to work – you just need to be open-minded enough to do what is suggested. The principles in this book come from the ancient tradition of Western spirituality going right back to the Church Fathers. You don't need to accept the Christian understanding of why it works in order for it to work. You just need to take the actions it describes and be willing to believe that there is a God. In other words, act as though he exists regardless of whether you believe it.

Genres: Christianity

358 pages, Paperback

Published May 25, 2018

Reviews

[Leslie Portu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prayer, contemplation, and the routine examination of conscious lead to a happy and fulfilling life. Here he gives the reader the tools to accomplish this essential task. Excellent reading!

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very helpful to me, the author does a great job masterfully weaving the principles he seeks to share with his own life story, which communicates sincerity in his writing. If you are only looking for the process, the appendices at the back would be sufficient but there is much help in reading the whole book so as to get a better context for the how and why in the process. It should be recommended to read, for those who seek to offer pastoral counseling.

Personally, a lot of his story and personality seems to match mine, so providentially I feel like this book was written for me. Nevertheless, he also advises that people also read The Little Oratory with this book so as to weave a unified system that would penetrate into the Mysteries of the Catholic Faith.

[Michael J · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I’ve read. Gives a concise program of how to build habits of virtue and achieve true joy. Would recommend to anyone.

[Hilary Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

The ideas in this book are very sound, but the writing could do with some serious tightening up.