“The principal cause of drift in individuals is the absence of a goal or a purpose in life.  He who has no target is not so apt to shoot arrows.  Matches are not carried long that have nothing to ignite.  The uncommitted mind is the drifting mind – it floats down-stream with public opinion.  ‘They say,’ or ‘they are wearing green this year,’ or ‘gosh mom all the kids are wearing them.’  The terrible anonymous authority of ‘they’ carries along the dead minds that are too lazy to think for themselves.  The committed mind, with a purpose and a faith, limits all those possibilities which distract from attaining his goal.  Nothing that drifts can reverse itself except by a force outside itself.  A ball thrown across the room will not be reversed in direction except by a power greater than itself.  In like manner, a Divine Power called ‘grace’ is necessary to stop decay.  No one need remain what he is.  A saint asked God why He did not pardon the devil.  God answered: ‘because he never asked Me.’ Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Walk With God)