New Year’s Resolutions: What If Your Life Depended on It?

Donna Fountain's Dreams

It’s the first day of 2012 and if you’re like most people you have a long list of resolutions and goals for the new year.  And, if you’re like most people, you won’t even come close to making them a reality and they’ll be long forgotten come February.

This year at Soulspring Groups we’re looking at our goals and dreams a little differently.  We were deeply touched by the story of Donna Fountain, 38, of Brooklyn, NY.  Donna had goals for her life and she took them seriously.  She had them in writing and carried them with her wherever she went.

On her way to work her early Christmas morning shift as a home health attendant at Partners in Care, Donna was struck and killed in a hit and run accident.  The worn piece of paper, on which she had written her bullet-pointed list of dreams, was found at the scene.

Certainly a woman, who had taken the time to put her goals in writing and deliberately carry them with her daily, was extremely dedicated to seeing them through.  Yet, we couldn’t help but wonder what extra steps if any, Donna would have taken, had she been forewarned of her fate.  Would she have done anything differently?  Would she have changed how she allocated her time, her energy, her attention, had she known her dreams had a deadline?

None of us know the exact day or hour of our death; but we know it’s coming at some point.  How differently would you approach your goals if you had a definite deadline?  That’s the kind of focus, energy and enthusiasm we must put into pursuing our passions and achieving our dreams.

Your goals have a deadline; don’t die with your dreams in your pocket.

Thank you, Donna Fountain, for teaching us this important lesson.

The Soul Sisters

Soulspiration of the Week:

"If there were ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, it is now." ~ Unknown