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To Realize Big Goals, Set Your Intention First
January 22, 2000 | Leave a Comment
Posted by: Kathleen Daniel
What is intention? Intention means, “to stretch toward.” It is the beginning of bending your mind toward a target. It is a force closely related to vision. Vision allows you to create reality, not merely to react to it. Intention inspires vision. Intention organizes your potential and brings it towards reality. Think of intention as your overall way of getting to a place, not your map of the details. It is a vast goal that is at once measurable yet so large that inspires you to become visionary to achieve it.
Why is intention important? Because it brings forward your determination, inspiration and focus. A hallmark of a good intention is that it exceeds your current capabilities. Intention pulls you forward, heightening your senses to opportunity and synchronicity, that otherwise might have gone unnoticed.
A story from the medieval Christian tradition illustrates intention: A traveler came to a worksite and saw two men carrying stones. One was working listlessly with a sullen expression on his face, while the other was singing cheerfully as he busily carried stone after stone. “What are you doing?” asked the traveler of the sullen worker. “Laying stone,” he replied. “What are you doing?” he asked the industrious worker. “Building a cathedral,” was his reply. That is intention at work.
ACTION: Refine and express your intention succinctly, in a word or two. For example, an intention for the day might be to Listen for Opportunity. An intention for a project might be Find the Third Way (between two extremes). Bringing the words themselves to mind will mobilize a force in you toward your desired goal.
Intention sets magic in motion. If you make the decision, as the saying goes, your subconscious will make the provision.
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