| Momentum is a crazily powerful thing. Reliving the Piper | | | | There are, of course, apparitions and sometimes--say |
| Alpha disaster (6 July 1988) recently, it was said that | | | | if we've quit smoking, and we wake up in a lather of |
| one of the key reasons why the two associated rigs | | | | sweat after having dreamt that we were smoking, or |
| (Tartan and Claymore) didn't shut down their colossal | | | | if we're married and we dreamt of being with |
| gas feeds to the stricken Piper, feeding the fire and | | | | someone else--we need to put these things behind us, |
| explosions, was due to the momentum of production | | | | using them as reminders of, and goads toward, the |
| versus the incredible efforts required in regaining full | | | | real dreams ahead... our goals. |
| production (momentum) after an emergency shutdown | | | | By and large, dreams show us where we are, or |
| sequence. | | | | where we could be, and where our fears might lie. |
| 167 people died as a result of the Piper Alpha | | | | Having reformed ourselves from certain vices doesn't |
| disaster.[1] | | | | mean we don't still fear them. A healthy level of fear is |
| Momentum, once lost, requires enormous costs and | | | | a positive, motivating thing. |
| efforts to regain it. | | | | Progress is an amazing construct. We can look back |
| Personally, it was apparent to me recently, with | | | | at the momentum we've build up. Keeping it going is |
| struggles 're-starting' a healthy diet regime, that my | | | | the easy thing provided we remain focused one day |
| dreams were awakening me to the past. In the early | | | | at a time. Stop it, and like the throughput of an oil |
| days of regaining the momentum we're constantly | | | | production platform and we can take weeks, months |
| reminded how weak we presently are, both | | | | and even years to get 'production' up and momentum |
| consciously and subconsciously, and how tenuous the | | | | going again. Ask any one-time reformed smoker; |
| journey ahead is. Yet we best continue one leg in front | | | | especially the ones who never again gave it up , or |
| of the other, focused single-mindedly on our goal. | | | | any of us who lost weight only to regain it again. |
| I've found my dreams are a very real indicator of my | | | | Build and gain momentum; don't be swayed by |
| subconscious mind's status with regard to my present | | | | apparitions; stay focused one day at a time. |
| (at the time) momentum. If I'm dreaming things | | | | Copyright © 2009, S. J. Wickham. All Rights |
| consistent with my goals, I'm trending well and the | | | | Reserved Worldwide. |
| journey ahead is clear of potential icebergs. | | | | |