Limited Vision

You limit your vision of what you want to accomplish by putting too much effort in describing it with words. Find out more in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Limited Vision

Years ago, I got a visit from The Grasshopper — and he left me with this: “Vision is limited by words.”

It stuck with me.

A vision, by definition, is something you see — but when we try to wrap it in words, It’s not easy. Even if you’re good with words, it’s still a challenge to capture the whole picture.

It reminds me of something I did a while back.

I volunteered to read the Sunday comics aloud — for the blind. And let me tell you — it wasn’t just reading the words in the speech bubbles. You had to describe everything: who’s in the frame, what they’re doing, where they are, how they look, and why it matters.

Try it sometime — seriously. Read the comics out loud and explain the pictures without showing them. You'll feel, firsthand, how hard it is to turn a picture into words. 

Now think about this in terms of your own vision — not eyesight, but a dream, an idea, a future you see in your mind. You can try to explain it right away. But it might come out flat — because the words aren’t ready yet.

The first step? Don’t talk about your vision — feel it. Step inside it. Walk around in there for a while.

Let it move you. Because once you feel something deeply, the words will follow. And those words will have weight — they’ll carry more than just meaning. They’ll carry momentum.

If your heart’s not in it, the message won’t land. People won’t see what you see.

Here’s the bottom line: Having a vision is one thing. Communicating it — that’s another. That takes sweat. It takes effort, attention, and sometimes a few failed tries to get it right.

And here's a real-world fact: Your vision dies with you — unless you bring it to life.

If it really matters to you, it won’t stay an idea for long. You'll Move. You'll act.

If not, then maybe it wasn’t a vision after all. Just a passing thought — some mental window-shopping.

So if you’re just talking about your vision and not doing anything with it — guess what? You’re being limited by your words.

You’ll have something to say, for sure — but not much to show for it.

All the best,

John