Drip, Drop, Splash! Don’t Wait.

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” ― Karen Lamb

3 weeks down already in the year 2014. A year we started with so much hope believing that it would be better than the last. Have we started the year doing things the same way we've always done them? Or are we doing them differently? Our answer could make or mar the accomplishment of our goals for 2014.

We've written our goals and many are still in the place of prayer, even with fasting believing that God will make it happen for them because they started their year with Him. Our lists have been compartmentalized into 6, 7, 8 or even 12 sections to accommodate different areas of our lives. The number of sections on our lists will depend on our ‘school of thought’. Many Schools of thought exist but all of them agree on these 6 areas:

1.         Health
2.         Career (Work, Business)
3.         Relationship (Home, Family, Friends)
4.        Wealth (Financial Security, Finances)
5.         Personal Development (Education)
6.         Social Life ( Recreation, Leisure, Travel)

7 and 8, Spiritual Enlightenment (Spirituality) and Projects, came up in some and not in others.

However, regardless of the length of our lists, there is a subtle, stealthy thief of our accomplishments. That is what will keep us biting our fingers at the end of 2014, wishing we could turn back the hands of the clock, leaving us unfulfilled and frustrated.

“I want to be 20lbs lighter by the December 31, 2014 so I will eat healthy, more veggies, less junk food and no more late night snacking. January 1 is New Year’s Day so that doesn't count, I will begin on the 2^nd. Oh, the children are still on holidays, let me start when they resume school on the 6^th of January...”  “I will have one fun night a week with my husband. There is so much I need to catch up on to get my year ready, I will start next week.”  And so it goes until January ends and we're back to our old ways.

I will, I will, yes I will...later. Very soon, I will start. These are the words that keep us yearning for what we may never see. They leave our lives stagnant year after year.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick. Let’s stop yearning and start doing, a little at a time. Let’s not wait for the perfect moment but take it one day at a time. Little steps that bring us a little closer to our goals each day. Drip, Drop, Splash!

The perfect moment for the achievement of our goals will never come, what we get are imperfect opportunities to create what we desire. 

You see, no amount of prayer can do for you what you are supposed to do for yourself. So, don't wait, start working on your goals now. Just do it! (Courtesy: Nike)