Powerful Intentions

They're the simple act of setting in motion the movement toward your goal.

One of my favorite quotes is from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.

Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too.

A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.” In essence what he is saying is that once you make the decision to move toward your goal and not allowing obstacles to get in your way, that your goal will move toward you.

It starts with setting powerful intentions!

Of course, there will always be "bumps in the road."

Not only bumps, but wet, deep mud to trudge through, rivers to cross, mountains to climb......Whew! That's a lot of cliches!

But the truth is, if you really want your goal, you are going to have to go after it.

By setting your intentions of your goal in mind, it starts the motion/energy toward obtaining your goal.

Sometimes I work with people that want to wait until everything is perfect before they even begin to start toward their goal.

That would be like waiting in your car with the engine running and waiting for all the lights in town to turn green before you begin to drive!

That would be like a runner waiting until he has the perfectly strong and healthy body before he starts to run! That is the end result of running.....First you have to get up, put on your running clothes, slip on your shoes, head out the door

and run

and run

and run some more! (Okay, Forrest Gump you can stop.)

End result is the incredibly strong, oxygen-pumping body with great legs!

It is like the old joke.....

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

One step toward your goal and then another. It all starts with your intentions and being clear about what you desire. So often we look way down the road at the big goal and get easily frustrated when we're not reaching our goal quick enough.

Goals take time to reach. If they were easily obtained, we would already have them in our life. Realize that it will take you some time. When you're passionate about your goal, time is secondary, because you know you'll achieve your goal. Period.

I'll end with this great quote.....

If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it. Jonathan Winters

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