Happy happy 2017 guys. January is almost through and we can only be grateful to God so far for His mercies and goodness. Each year is full of promise. We usually start the year with so much excitement, knowing what we want to accomplish and where we want to go in our lives. At the beginning of anything, we are usually excited and energized. We usually commit ourselves into doing things that perhaps we did not accomplish the previous year or dare to believe that we can attempt and succeed at doing new things. As time moves on, things get more challenging. Our priorities shift because life just happens and part of life is being thrown unexpected curve balls that can throw us off course or get us distracted. At the end of it, we end up giving up on our dreams for the year.
Personally, I noticed that we let go of the goals originally intended as time progresses because the resolve fizzles out. The initial enthusiasm slowly disappears as days go by within the year. At the end of it, we would not have achieved all we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. Part of what contributes to this is not constantly setting our eyes on the prize. We have the tendancy of making new year resolutions, not writting them down or if we do write them down, we do not look at the goals and dreams set out for the year. We allow ourselves to get destructed and our focus shifts to other issues. I think, we should make an effort to review our goals on a regular basis in order to remind ourselves the direction we want our lives to take. Terry Saville Foy, one lady who is a motivational speaker, author and pastor emphasizes on Vision boards or dream books and uses them to achieve her dreams. It’s rather difficult to forget something that is constantly before your eyes. It is hard to forget someone you constantly interract with on a daily basis. Similarly, it is difficult to forget your dreams and goals for the year if you keep reveiwing them. When you look at them, you can see your progress towards achieving them. This may keep you motivated in finally achieving your goals.
This year, maybe we can try something different. We can make a resolve to constantly review our goals whether its daily, weekly or monthly or whatever regimen you choose and keep yourself accountable to achieving your year long goals. Let not your dreams turn from being achievable, to being distant and eventually unattainable. Let not your ‘I can’ turn into a ‘maybe ‘ and eventually ‘i can’t ‘. Be audacious and tell yourself that you can achieve all that you have set out to do this year. Its a challenge to me, to you and to anyone. With God, all things are possible.
Have a blessed 2017,
Kiria.
