AWAKENING

At the beginning of the year, many started with SMART goals. Obviously, there was a field of enthusiasm, and many ran so well with a vision.

Along the line, time seemed more precious than to be wasted achieving what was thought to be a hopeless feat. The enthusiasm gradually faded away. The daily goals had no more checks in their boxes, and soon it crept into the weekly and monthly goals.

How far have you gone? How much of the energy you started with do you still feel? Is there still excitement on hearing the subject: 'GOAL'? Do you think something must be done, or you're just going to wait for another year to get a new inspiration?

A swimmer has two choices to pick from in the water: to swim to safety; defying the waves direction, or to let the wave take him, which may not be favourable all the time.

It's the same way in reality. If one just fold arms and watch, something's going to happen, and if one decides not to just watch, something's still going to happen.

Like the swimmer who defies the waves current to give himself a direction, he used existing circumstances to reach somewhere, and not just anywhere. If he decided to go with the wave, he still would reach somewhere which is anywhere.

There are some circumstances that are  beyond control which are like the waves, and will take one anywhere if one doesn't defy them. They may have had an impact already, and altered or slowed down the passion that started the year. It's now like, there's no need for any goal, or even motivation.

Some of the reasons these circumstances successfully tamed the passions are:

The vision, and goals were not written down, and there was nothing to fall back to when strength was needed. 
" And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it". Even Habakkuk the prophet needed to write down his revelations.

The next reason could be that the set goals were exaggerated, and not realistic. This will bring about frustration.

The third could be that the goals were not timed. They were set without considering available time. An example is a student who sets a goal to physically reach out to people during a period that by default, the student's meant to be in class. When at the end of the day, there is no check in that box, goals seem like a mirage to such, and no intentions to set another.

Another is lack of motivation. Motivation is what fuels goals, helps actualize dreams, aids vision which is quite abstract, but possible. Seek motivation: it is food for vision.

There are many more reasons, circumstances successfully tame one's passion, many of which lie in the goal not being:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic and
Timed.

Detect these circumstances and awaken the sleeping giant. Start doing what you're passionate about. Start making a difference.