A few minutes ago, on MySpace and here I posted a bulletin with an error severe enough to
change the meaning of a phrase.

I corrected the error here, but could not in the MySpace bulletin, so I wrote a new bulletin and you are getting that and a little more.

In my flawed messages I said that something was going "know where."

I meant "nowhere."

I was only a few letters and a space off, but the meaning changed.

Never one to let a good lemon go wasted without making lemonade, I pondered the deeper meaning of the contrasting terms.

If if you are going to where you know where then you can’t be going nowhere.

That was not excellent grammar, but I think you get the point. If not, let me rephrase.

If you know where you are going, you can’t be going nowhere.

You must be going somewhere.

While I can’t tell you where nowhere is, I know that somewhere is real and worthy of your efforts.

So there!

Now then, what is the difference between nowhere and know where?

Nowhere

N – Negative because it is kNee jerk. It is reactive rather than responsive or proactive.

O – Oblique because of its lack of clarity or definition.

W – Worthless because it is the product of a void of values.

H – Hopeless not because it is so awful, but because it was not born of hope.

E – Effortless and effort accompanies value.

R – Redeemable if we are willing to stop and recalibrate our intentions.

E – Efficient. If it is your goal to go where, you will always succeed.

Now …. KNOW WHERE you are going …

Know

K – Knowledge is the key word. You have given this some thought and gathered wisdom.

N – kNees engaged – Not kNee jerk, but born of prayer.

O – Obvious – There is so much clarity that others can see where you are going.

W – Worthy – your destination is a worthy and worthwhile goal.

Where

W – Will – Your will is engaged. You have made a decision and are following through.

H – Hopeful – This dream is born of hope, bathed in hope, and built daily with hope.

E – Energized moment by moment. You put in the effort and see the fruit.

R – Reachable – It may be lofty, but you can do it. You can get where you are going.

E – Extraordinary – Efficiency is not enough. You were created by God for an extraordinary life!

– Tom Sims, The Dream Factory