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Intent. Worth paying attention to.
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. You think with a dream like mine, you could not keep your mouth shut would you? You would think that I want everybody to know about our Garden of Eden and the sale of the house so I set ripples in motion to move it all along. |
 Intent required when on this bridge. |
But no, not me.
When a Real Estate friend from the past rang the other day for a long overdue catch up chat, I couldn’t tell her what I was up to.
I just gave her some super vague indicators that in the future we might be thinking of moving house and that we had no exact idea about what next and then I quickly changed topics.
When I hung up John of course wanted to know what that was about.
It took some doing to find out, because I honestly couldn’t tell him on the spot what stopped me from blurting out our big dream to her.
You see, if I would have told her that we were moving, I would feel obliged to do business with her and that would have cramped my style hugely.
Dealing with people I know and staying in my power has not been my strength.
It has nothing to do with whom I am dealing with, I just lose being firm and a stand for what I want.
Thus I have hardly moved another few more days into 2008 AND bang, another learning moment is presenting itself.
Thanks Universe, I can see the holiday is long gone!
So what is there to learn this time?
‘Intent’
You can see why intent is necessary here in Vietnam when walking on those bridges or when cooking on a real fire or when balancing on a path along the rice paddies.
When walking on that bridge for example, my intent is clearly focused on getting safely to the other side. During that crossing there is no thought about how I look and there is no stopping. I am moving and focused on putting one foot in front of the other.
But when I look at my getting to my Garden of Eden I see a different approach.
I lose my intent along the way, because the path is a lot longer and not so clearly holding my attention as crossing that rickety bridge does.
As a result it takes a deeper focus to keep my intent going.
I need to consciously pursue my intent with every move I take, I need to watch that I am still firmly on the path. I need to watch that I am not a push over and that I keep going.
In the episode with the Real Estate agent my intent was lost, I stopped acting with my eye on the Garden of Eden.
My eyes were off the ball and I got distracted by other concerns – obligation and not hurting people’s feelings- which had nothing to do with the game.
I got stopped, failing to invite her to come and appraise the house.
I failed to keep the ball of selling the house rolling.
Nothing was set in motion. I stopped halfway on my bridge to my Garden of Eden!
And the Universe cannot help me when it throws me a ball and I don’t catch it, because I am looking the other way to see who is watching.
To keep my intent what do you think of these cheerleader chants;
“What are you doing right now? – Selling the house!”
“How are you being right now? – Intentional!”
“What are you manifesting right now? – Our Garden of Eden!”
“Who are you being right now? – Power AND Love!”
Yeahhh
I can hear the Universe cheering too; “Yeah Wilma, keep your intention on the ball. Catch!”
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Love the chant! Thanks for reminding me of the importance of focus and intent. Your bridge example is very good. And how subtle can some distractions be…. Bertie
@ Bertie. You are spot on, how subtle distractions are…and there are many in our day to day life.
Thank you Wilma…..this came at such a perfect time for me. Lately, I have taken my eyes off the ‘ball’ and the consequence that I am feeling is that I am completely lost and confused. Your blog post has helped me considerably by reminding me to get back up and (re)create my intention. I too love the chant…thanks Wilma, your an angel.
I agree Wilma – simply having the thought that all estate agents will rip me off will pull those types of people towards me…so I guess intent fits in with your thoughts manifesting – think it and make it so – nice one Wilma, how it all fits together – but noticing how different situations can throw you off course without you realising – thanks for that W!
@ Monica, well it looks like you caught the ball the Universe was throwing at you. Pleased it was my post.
I know you will get back on track, you always do …..
@Karen….I have seen you do it with your business. Intent, focus, and action and yes some left center tackles are the ones to watch out for or potholes in puddles when you are mountain biking
Sorry Zac, your comment got deleted with spam. I will copy your genrous reply in this way;
So Zac says; Dont be so hard on yourself Wilma – we all know what dealing wth Real Estate agents can be like so maybe you were being intentional by keeping things on the ‘down low’ until you have you had prepared your real estate agent briefing and interview questions so whether or not the person is a friend they have to go through the application to list process as all agents. Afterall selling a asset like a property is a significant transaction.
@ Zac. You are a real friend, those are kind words! and that is exactly what happened. As a result of my hesitance to act, John and I talked about it and I am well prepared with good intention and an action plan. The Universe moves in mysterious way with people like me, it lets me find my own way to realizations like this.
Its like getting an existing friend to be a business partner, there is a high risk of losing a friendship if things go wrong. One of my best friends was hinting once to invest money and be a partner in my business, but I said ” No”. The main reason was the risk of losing a friend ( as I knew our relationship/personality limits may not have stood up to the rigours of the business).
I also have slipped back a bit with my ” Intent ” business wise since the holidays, its a timely reminder thanks Wilma.
@John, great comment. Intent is a big thing that applies to most areas in our lives. As you say, intention for friendship is different than that of doing business. It is also hard if you work together with a life partner. The intent John and I have is to stay in role. If we work we intent to both play our roles, after hours we intent to be great partners. However the boundaries get blurred easily…..and it requires attention….and slipping back has consequence. Great that you noticed….