You Don’t Get What You Want, but What You Intend
Fans of Oprah Winfrey might recognize this profound statement:
"You don’t get what you want in life, you get what you intend. Embrace the power of intentionality in shaping your destiny. By setting clear intentions and aligning your actions with them, you can manifest the life you desire.”
This rings loud and clear. But, what??? You don’t get what you want? This may be one of the most honest of all statements about manifestation that has been uttered. No, you don’t get what you want.
You get what you intend.
Consider this: Perhaps what you have been missing all along are two things:
- Understanding what intention is
- The power of intention.
Breaking It Down: Understanding Intention
Intention is a deliberate act of conscious awareness in which you know exactly what you are going to accomplish, how you will do so, and when it will come into manifestation.
First: Set a very specific goal, one at a time. Let’s say you want to start, build, and own a company that produces a million dollars in sales per year.
Second: Determine and write on paper, by hand, exactly how you are going to accomplish this. This must include details from the start up, including the availability of money to begin and maintain the business. For example, where is that coming from? How do you access it? Why write it out? Why not type it out? You can do both, but write it out first so that your hand is holding a pen to the paper and you are transferring your thoughts in the physical realm into manifestation.
Third: Set a realistic timetable for manifestation. This will naturally take into consideration steps, phases, plans, coordination, and workforce. The idea is to have a date in mind for all the phases and also the date you will produce a million dollars in sales.
Fourth: Infuse your intention with feeling! Visualize each step toward fulfilling your Intention. How does it feel when you make your first sale? How does it feel when you acquire the funding you need? How does it feel when people believe in your dream right alongside you? How do you imagine it will feel when you make the first million in sales?
The Power of Intention
Dr. Wayne Dyer talks about the power of intention, and explains that “the law of attraction is this: You don’t attract what you want. You attract what you are.”
If we have specific intentions, they become part of us, our psyche, and our personality. In other words, they become us.
Dr. Dyer’s teaching is the same as ‘like attracts like,’ and therefore, we attract to us what we are, what we are thinking, what we are doing in life.
This also includes our daily interactions with other people. Do you treat people with respect, dignity, and courtesy? Or do you ignore their ideas and show disdain for their work? What you think about others is what you will attract back to yourself. If you have disrespect for others, they will disrespect you. If you are rude to others, they will be rude to you.
Set your intentions to include gracious ways of including others in your plans, because if you do not, it will be a long climb up the ladder. Remember that those you meet going up the ladder might still be there on the way down!
Use Your Vision
If you have intention, you have vision. A vision, an idea, an intention, and will power are all needed to attract to you what you desire. As Oprah Winfrey said, "Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe. Our beliefs shape our reality and influence the trajectory of our lives.”
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