The Power of Intention

I need to learn how to harness the power of intention in my every day life.  For some reason I only remember to use this power when I feel the outcome is completely out of my control. I really racked my mind to recall the times I have utilized this power of intention and I could only recall three:

1. I moved to sunny Hollywood, CA and took the advice of a celebrity I followed at the time.  He was talking more about relationships and said to be very intentional about who you want to come into your life and the types of relationships you want to create.  He said you can find shallow people, ladder climbers, and the flakiest of the flakes if you want, but you can also find amazing, loyal, lifelong friendships if you want to.  I followed his advice.  I set forth my intention to make quality friendships and I did just that in a sea of not so quality people.
2. I moved to sunny Florida with a mountain of debt and a history of horrible roommates from California. I really wanted to find a quality roommate in an area of town I would like and feel safe.  I set my intention and found a great roommate in a great part of town where I would be sharing a nice house.  I was a little scared at first because the price was at the top of my preferred range, but the pics she sent me of the bedroom had two of my three power animals and I took it as a sign.  This roommate ended up being a great friend and almost like a second mother in terms of helping me when I had crazy stuff happen to me.  She is the best roommate I ever had and probably ever will have.
3. Golf.  When I moved back to Tennessee and back to the one city I said I would never move back to (just never say never, people) I got into golf.  I love nature and outdoors and love to go hiking, but there are only so many places to hike in the flat western half of Tennessee so my brother suggested I give golf a try.  After the first couple of seasons, I decided that I wanted to get good at golf.  I like it for the challenge that it is.  I set my intention this past winter and as the season warmed up I started practicing a lot and I paid attention to things I hadn’t really paid attention to in the past like how I line up and swing with each club and iron.  I also paid attention to how far I could hit with each so when in the field I wasn’t guessing so much.  And then one very busy afternoon on the course I got a bit of advice that changed my game for the better.  I really hope I run across this golfer again so she can see how far her advice has taken me.

To be honest, my life feels more out of control than it ever has.  I feel like I am coming up to an important cross road as if I don’t make the right move it might be game over for me.  I might not be able to catch up, to change things in the way I need to for myself.  And I have to admit that I already sort of think that it might literally be too little, too late anyhow.  I guess this is why I am thinking about the power of intention.  I am facing what feels impossible and I don’t feel like the outcome is in my hands at this point.  Only instead of it being one specific focus, it is my life and every single little part of it that is in dire need of repair.  I guess I need to make a list and start with the first one and set that intention and start moving forward.  Some things can feel silly to set an intention for, but I am beginning to believe that you can set an intention for anything and set about doing what you can and at some point God, The Universe, Fate or whatever you want to call it - will line things up and help you achieve your intention.

Just stay open though - sometimes the people that show up in your life are not at all what you would expect in my limited experience.