What is your intention when you interact with the world around you?

Do your actions reflect your intention?

Does it come from a place of fear or a place of love?

Take a minute and think about how often you focus on your intention on what you hope to achieve prior to engaging with people or before taking action. Is it something you are aware of or maybe you never even realize what your intention was beforehand? Did it end up leading to unfavorable results?

This quote by Russell Eric Dobda focuses on the power of intention and how that intention, good or bad, can create the results you want. Whether it’s a relationship, a friendship, a job interview or business transaction, or even a conversation with another, how often do you take the time to recognize what your intention is and if it’s coming from a place of fear or love?

The definition of intention is an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result. There is intention behind everything we say and do. However, for the most part, it’s either overlooked or unrealized. It is not usually questioned or thought about.

Unrealized intention focused on the wrong things leads to disappointment, anger, and sadness.

There are so many instances, especially when it comes to relationships, where one’s intention focuses more so on what they can get versus what they can give or contribute. It also comes from a place of fear and scarcity versus love and abundance.

What tends to happen? When your intentions come from that negative space, negative results typically follow.

I’ve recently started asking myself the following questions:

What is my intention?

Am I aiming to contribute and give value or is there something I am trying to get?

When I say I started asking myself these questions I don’t mean in a weird hyper conscious way where everything I say or do needs to be analyzed. I mean checking in with myself when I am feeling unsure or uncomfortable about a situation.

I have to say it by doing this it has allowed me to understand what is going on within me. And If my intention is coming from fear as opposed to love and if there is any inner struggle I need to take a look at.

Here’s an example I think most people can relate. Social media.

Think about the last time you posted a picture, no matter what it was, what was your intention for posting it? What result were you looking for?

Was the intention to receive some form of validation, acceptance, or belonging? Alternatively, was it to provide value and nourishment to others?

Some of you might challenge me and say you are going too deep it was just a picture. No big deal. Yes, the example is simply posting a picture but the intention behind it, when realized, can help provide you with valuable insight on any inner conflict or insecurity that you have been avoiding that now wants to be healed.

Moving beyond the picture example, are there any other instances you can think of where, looking back now, your intentions revealed there was a deeper struggle within? Was there any fear steering you to act in a way that created a negative outcome? How did it make you feel?

However, when you focus on your intention, you can start to realize and understand who you are and who it is you want to be. You begin to notice whether you are in alignment with your values and direct your energy towards a mindset of love and abundance versus fear and scarcity.

Now it’s your turn.

How does this quote inspire you?

Tell me about an experience where your intentions entering a situation or circumstance were not coming from a good space. Where was it coming from and what result were you trying to achieve? What happened?

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