Shifting our Intentions

In our day-to-day lives we do any number of things “that just need to be done”. Some of them are chores, while others may be task-, work- or job-related. And then there are those things that have to do with self-care — with taking enough time to do those things for ourselves that allow us to recharge, and stay healthy.

Often our manner of handling these things is the quickest, most efficient way that we have found through our experiences. Even our “me-time” is chosen to give the best results in the time we have permitted ourselves…

It makes me think…

What would happen if we would shift our intentions just a little bit? If we would find ourselves doing all the same things we have always done from an ever so slightly different perspective?

For instance, instead of having our focus on “preparing a healthy meal”, letting our intention be something like “Preparing a meal made with love, and having fun doing it”?

Chances are that meal will taste different, probably even better.

It seems like shifting our intentions, especially with the most common every-day tasks we do, can lead to surprising results…

We all have moments we look at ourselves in the mirror… For instance during our morning ritual of getting up, or when we retire in the evening. 

If we would shift our intentions in those moments from checking our appearance, to truly seeing ourselves — looking ourselves in the eyes, and seeing ourselves beyond our appearance…after all, the eyes are the window to the soul. What would we see?

If we would permit ourselves to become quiet and to drop into a meditative state while connecting with ourselves as we see ourselves in the mirror, we can even ask ourselves a question or two…

And we may be surprised by who we are looking at. Almost always seeing ourselves through new eyes will help us discover new aspects of ourselves, a greater wisdom, and a great deal more life experience than we give ourselves credit for…

Needless to say that we can choose to shift our intentions just a tiny bit with pretty much everything we are doing — just as a fun thing, to see what happens. To observe the changes in our experience…

If we are willing to surprise ourselves this way, there are a couple of side effects… First, we are more in the moment. Second, it will raise our awareness. And last, but certainly not least, it will give you new insights as to who you truly are…