Missing

Honestly, I don’t know what I want in my life with all the chaos and change that surrounds me.

What’s Missing?

It’s a bit of a crazy time to be certain about what we want to manifest in our life. Things are shifting and changing at a rapid rate. We really don’t know how our world will be, even a month from now (maybe a day from now!). How do we set a direction for ourselves with so much missing in terms of our picture of the world we will be living in?

We could focus on what we want to bring into our life as it is right now. That’s what we know we have – the present moment. Start there and see what manifests. At least this sets us in a direction but with no preconceptions of what it will bring us. In the past, we may have said this is what we want and the way to get there. That seems elusive right now.

It may become an adventure for us. Setting out without a certain destination, acknowledging that anything can happen. We could experience redirections, surprises, challenges or fun. We can face it all with optimism, strength and confidence in our ability to handle whatever comes. It’s the most realistic way to proceed in our world today. Can we really be certain of what awaits us?

Will and Intention

Will: The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action.

Intention: An aim that guides action; an objective.

Will has served us in the past. It fuels us and gets us where we want to go. The times we are going through now are very different from the past, however. They call for special approaches. Using our will is forceful. Can we force our way through these times, or do we need flexibility?

Intention has that flexibility. It is like pulling back an arrow and aiming at our target. Once we let go of the arrow, we lose control of it and rely on the power of our intention. As the arrow of our intention flies, any number of factors can affect its path. So, we trust and have faith in what we put into our intention. If the path of the arrow changes, we get present and figure out what to do.

With our intention, we are acknowledging the environment we are in and adapting to it. An arrow is flexible in its direction. If change and chaos surround it, it can adjust. Will is more rigid and can be broken.