In search of the real you…
Living an Intentional Life… what I call a life worth living… doesn’t happen by chance or accident. It isn’t created by following a detailed plan with lots of forms to fill out… or a series of boxes to check. No, a life lived with intention is born when you simply begin to follow your heart.
Living with intention requires that you live ‘in perfect alignment’ with your core principles and values. These principles and values will define you. You are living right now with some principles that help you to navigate through your life. But as you grow and mature, you will develop more understanding. And as you set new and more important priorities you will begin to see things differently. With experience the principles that you live by will increase in number… and as a result you will personally leap ahead in your focus and clarity.
Living an Intentional Life is living a life aligned with your heart. You must take the time to search out the real you. You must learn, adopt and support core principles and values that reflect who you are and what you stand for. These principles will assist you in establishing your Personal Mission. They will guide you in nourishing what is important to you and your loved ones. Some of these principles will align with what is needed in your community. Most importantly… these core principles and values will provide you with the personal path to follow to make a difference in this world.
Stay Grounded…
Nothing is insurmountable if you stay grounded. Remain calm. You must run your life… no one else. Move forward with confidence and clarity of purpose. Do not feel anger. Do not succumb to shame. Stay on task. Focus on resolving the problems one at a time.
Define your problems clearly as challenges rather than threats. Know in your heart that you will be able to bounce back from the issues at hand, even if the way forward isn’t always clear at any given moment. ou are in control only if you take charge. If you don’t take charge… then you will fail. This is not a time to freeze, procrastinate or to withdraw. You must begin to act now!
Your passions will show you the path to deciding what you should be doing with your life. The decisions that you should be making. They will define what you recognize as important and essential. Embracing what you love will allow you to grow and flourish. Your passions will bring forward the unique gifts and talents that only you can deliver. Allow them to help you mature… let them move you from enduring another day at work to mastering your craft. Take your passions and help transform the world into an extraordinary place.
Be passionate in a world that has become complacent.
Create a Plan
“Becoming genuine gives you permission to follow your heart.”
But it also demands that you choose to serve others. To Love them. Care for them. Accept them just as they are. Like you, all of us want nothing more than to be seen, heard and understood. Again, you do this by living your life ‘in complete and perfect alignment’ with positive principles and values.
Be genuine in a world that has become false and impersonal.
Challenges help you to re-establish correct priorities. These difficult times will remind you of what your responsibilities are. How you need to live and how you should pursue your craft.
“Be true to the caring person you want to become.”
Stand firm in your faith and your personal commitment to the future. Bring your honest and authentic self everywhere you go. Be heartfelt in all of your actions. Remain unaffected by society and its negative messaging.
Be sincere in a world that has become disingenuous.
Rely on your Core Values…
“Pay attention to your Heart… listen to its wisdom.”
Re-align with your Purpose…
Remember… nothing is insurmountable if you stay grounded. True to who you are. Why you are here. In a crisis we tend to lose our way. You can’t make smart decisions in your life if you don’t remember where you are going. Stay focused on resolving your problems and you will. See the end in mind.
Grow into that extraordinary person that only you can be.
With great love and respect,
