Intent

Whenever things are getting a little too much - like right now for a great number of you  - it is essential to slow down, to do less, to ground and center yourself and meditate more often.

One thing we have yet to emphasize, is how crucial it is to set the intention for peace/serenity and to hold it at this time. Not only for yourself, but for others.

Also living with intent is also quite important. For when you are performing any action with intent, you are thoroughly absorbed by it or at least strongly focused on it. Chances are things will be done better/faster or that you will actually remember what you/others did or said, where you went (you know, instead of simply reaching point B without really knowing how you got there)...

Take a box of chocolate for instance (no, the Messenger has never seen Forrest Gump). If you eat one chocolate with intent, you are more likely to be able to describe the flavour to someone who asks, you will enjoy it fully, and one single piece of chocolate may very well be enough.

On the other hand, if you sit mindlessly with that same box of chocolate on your lap, it is very likely that you will eat the entire box without realizing it... And you probably will not remember what any of them tasted like either.

No matter the circumstances, fear is the emotion that spreads the most easily. In volatile, unstable times, fear runs rampant, and the "infection" is almost instant. And fear's "friends" (anger, resentment, despair, hate, anguish...) are never far behind.

So you see, even the most "zen" individuals among you may have been feeling unsteady, insecure, uneasy lately. And some of you have already figured out what had been missing: Intent. The Messenger "clued in" yesterday. As any Earthling with a day job and responsibilities, sometimes she too has to trip on the obvious to notice it. (And no, she did not literally fall flat on her face. You know how We like to make everything "pretty" - smile.)

No matter now hectic things get, if you decide for yourself - through intent - to lock in Peace, Love, Serenity - any emotion that helps you stay in a positive, uplifted mood, you will not only have a much better day, but you will be helping all of those who come into contact with you.

And the more open to "light" those around you are, the greater their life will improve for simply having been around you. Once you leave, it will be up to them to intend on maintaining that new state of being or awareness.

For you see, who you are, how you react (or let things be), what you let in or give out feed your light or dims it; feed the light of others or dims it. It is that simple.

Imagine waking up late one morning. Yes, you are a bit frazzled at first, but then you decide to (intent on) take a step back and that you will have a wonderful day even though it started a little late. What kind of day do you thing you are going to have?

Now same scenario, different reaction. You wake up late, you are frazzled, and you stay in that feeling. Chances are you will spend the rest of the day feeling rushed and making others feel the same way. And if that day was a particulary miserable one, you may set the intention for the next day simply by recounting the day, because it will seem that you want more of what you just had. Otherwise, you would ask for (decide) something else, would you not?

Intent is a much more powerful tool than a lot of you seem to recognize. Yet all of the great beings you admire were propulsed by intent (you know who they are, so naming them would be futile). Intent on being the best person they could be, on changing the world (or town, country...), on bringing peace, on caring for children or the less fortunate, and so on.

Just remember to take things as they come, to take less than you can chew (so you have time to nurture yourself and those you love, create, meditate, declutter...), and most of all, to live with intent.

This is all.

Much Light and Love to Everyone

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