225. Make it happen

I often get questions about what is "right" or "wrong".  They want advice...they want to hear the perspective.

They ask, "do you think I should ________"

or

"I've been thinking about doing______"

or

"Would it be bad if I __________"


These are important questions because firstly...you are asking them.  Secondly, because you are taking time to consider and see.

I believe it all ties into intention.  What is intention.  I don't believe, necessarily, that there is any "bad" act that we can do unless we intend to.  So it is not the act that we do...but it is the intention that fuels the act.

If you only do something because you want some sort of credit later...that is "bad" intention.

If you want to hurt someone after they hurt you, that is "bad" intention.

If you act out of a place of hurt rather than love, you are acting out of "bad" intention.

If you only want something in order to fill your own need without consideration to others, you are acting out of "bad" intention.


So you see, the key isn't about the act or the situation...it is about the energy and the intention that drives you to act.

When I think of intention, I think of stretching, intensity and most importantly, will. 

It takes so much will and courage to act and decide out of love, instead of pain.  To choose and decide because of my will and courage, despite my pain and wants, is the goal.

If I make a decision because I want them to feel pain like me...or if I make a choice to take from them because I want to fill something that I think I need...I am acting out of "bad" intention.  I am choosing to take instead of give.  It is my will- acting out of pain rather than love.

This is why it is so important to consider your feelings and motives behind your choices and what you want.  Are you doing it to satisfy a need of yours without considering the other? Are you doing it because it will make you feel "better" somehow?  if so, you are taking...not giving.  You are acting out of pain with the hope that you will feel better by filling yourself. 

Intention comes down to a choice.  You choose to consider feelings, you choose to see perspective, you choose to consider, you choose inspect and keep responsible for your intention. 

No good or bad act....only good or bad intention.