Suddenly rediscovering what's of value gives us a sense of renewal and an injection of energy.  A poem comes to mind:

                           i who have died am alive again today,

                                 and this is the sun's birthday;

                  this is the birthday of life and love and wings;

               and of the gay great happening illimitably earth

                                                                             ee cumings

I remember sitting in a staff meeting, a gathering of leaders, where slowly but surely the mojo in the room began to ebb away and we all were experiencing the numbness of little accomplishment and wasted time.  We were "dead" to ourselves and to one another yet couldn't stop arguing and talking as if that might break the spell.

Our wise leader offered us a way to become "...alive again today..." She reminded us to return to what we valued; that what we decided as a team needed to be based upon what we valued. Stated another way, our choice needed to mesh with what we stood for and the reasons we existed in the first place.