Week 42. Intention

2024

10/17/20241 min read

a close up of a flower with a blurry background
a close up of a flower with a blurry background

I’ve written many times about the power of choosing the way we approach things and the result we get from it but this week I was powerfully reminded once more about one of the biggest choices: between love and fear. Let's talk about it.

If we realize it or not, behind our every choice, decision, belief and principle stands a strong intention which holds it in place. For example, if a person thinks that love is only hurting us, they have a belief that being vulnerable means danger so the intention is coming from fear of getting hurt. If a person sees the world as an ally rather than a foe which is always trying to get them, their belief comes from a palace of trust, openes and love. Those are only a couple of simple examples of what I mean in this context talking about intention. I’ve heard it being used in different contexts with a bit different meaning so I wanted to clarify that.

Not all of us are walking in our days with pure clarity and introspection but when we get stuck, or rather, before that is even better, we can check up on ourselves, where do our words and actions stem from. Is it from a hurt and vulnerable place that we’re desperately trying to protect so we shrink in our fear or get bigger by means of anger? Or is it from an expansive, loving place where we’re feeling good and warm inside by choosing / doing / acting on that particular thing? This week I invite you to observe which one you have more in your day / week / life, and ask yourself if it reflects who you are and want to be?


Have an expansive week.