Going through this life I sometimes get bogged down in questions about my destiny and I am prevented from making progress. Certain life events often trigger this, like tragic interruptions, job change, and breakdowns in my routine or insoluble life-problems. Events with no rational explanation stir the pot even more. I think, “Why me?” “How could I have seen this coming?” “Why am I here?” “Where am I going?” Or “What does this all mean?” My looking glass may be cloudy, my state-of-being out of balance, my sense of security threatened by life’s vulnerability and my apparent lack of real control, and I scramble for centeredness.
It’s interesting; somehow I survive, my faith restored and humanity looking better, I come out a slightly altered person with new perspectives on life, my feet find their footing, my mind calms down, and I begin walking forward and looking outward again. And that’s the key; to refocus, pick up again after a storm, and move forward.
The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, said “Keep your eye on the prize and don’t turn back.” Whatever one thinks about President Clinton, he did weather a brutal storm in his personal life, yet he landed on his feet. Like a ballerina spinning, a hunter with an eye on the target, or a baseball player with his eye on the ball, we must too.
Today, I will reset my goals. I will keep my eye on the prize and not turn back. 
