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State Your Intentions |
When there’s something that you want to have or to accomplish, do you, like many people, sit around and wait for it but don’t think you’ll ever get it? Most people wish for something — be it a promotion at work, an increase in their salary, or simply more money — but do not really expect to receive it. And when they don’t, they simply write it off as “just the way things are.”
If you’ve been living this way, now is the time to stop. Now is the time to start using your God-given power and live your life on purpose. Now is the time to start “intending” what you want your life to become.
Several years ago I was introduced to the concept of intending in the book The Intenders Handbook by Tony Burroughs and invited by a friend to take part in a group she was starting.
Our group, which consisted of five or six people, met at a friend’s home. After settling in, socializing, and sharing some snacks, one by one we would recite aloud our intentions, beginning with the phrase, “I intend that…,” followed by whatever we wanted at the time, and ending with the phrase “for the highest and best good for all.”
One of the members of our group was the eleven-year-old daughter of our host. One of her intentions was to be a journalism major at Syracuse University. It’s been more than a decade since our group met, and I had not seen our host, Pat, for several years until I ran into her at a business event recently. When I asked how her daughter was doing, Pat replied, “Oh, she’s doing great. She’s at Syracuse University, majoring in journalism.” She then reminded me that doing so was one of the intentions her daughter used to state at our weekly meetings back when she was just a child.
If you want to learn how you can join an existing group, either in person or online, or obtain The Intenders Handbook or start your own group, visit www.intenders.com.
Whether or not you pursue a formal group, invoking the power of the word intention instead of simply hoping or wishing will increase the probability of your success. Words are powerful and, obviously, some words are more powerful than others. The word intend is one of the more powerful verbs you can use.
Beginning your affirmative statement with the words I intend is a powerful way to declare your heartfelt desires to the Universe.
Don’t fall into the trap of wishing and hoping your dreams come true and then saying, “Oh, well” and staying stuck where you are. You are bigger than that. You have within you the power to change your life, in any way, at any time.
As Marianne Williamson wrote in her wonderful book A Return to Love, “Your playing small serves no one.”