Then, as the weeks went by, I noticed an interesting pattern. It's as if the little dog has an internal GPS that tells her when we have reached the half-way point of our route. (I could show you on a map where the phenomenon usually happens!) Suddenly, she is out in front, leading the pack as she trots along at an impressive pace on the homeward stretch. She seems to get a new burst of energy once she knows that our destination is in sight.
I guess it's the same for all of us; if our vision or the thing we hope for, is within reach, it's much easier to work towards it with a high level of motivation. There's a lesson there about goal setting. No matter how "out there" our long term dream or goal is, we would do well to break it down into attainable steps along the way. It doesn't matter whether your goal is to be a better parent, to grow closer to God, to lose weight or to learn a new skill. Like Bonnie, our motivation will be higher when we know we don't have much further to go to the next milestone along the way.
