Sunday, January 23, 2011

Intentionally Full of Potential

Six months ago, I was sitting on a friend’s porch in University City, Philadelphia, and we had a conversation about living up to our full potential. It is has been a fear of mine that I am not all I should be or doing all I should be, been all I should be or that I’m not doing all I could be to make that happen. We moved on, but I couldn’t get the thought out of my head.

Many of us walk through life with the best of intentions. How ever we get frustrated and don’t hold onto that intention long enough to see the right moment to take action. The hardest person to be patient with is ourselves. If we are not willing to be patient and take ownership our intention then the opportunity to take that action will never present itself.

Intention can be fleeting. By making that intention a part of who we are and infusing it as a part of our value system, we can hold that value with us. When the moment to make the transition from potentiality to actualization comes into our life we will be ready to take that step.

“Potentiality becomes actuality through intention when conditions are appropriate." - Dr. David Hawkins

Living a Hands on Life

Life constantly presents decisions that have to be made, from what to do with a day to what to do with the rest of a life. Every decision impacts every other moment of life from then forward. I believe that the only honest way to make that decision is to live it. Commit to the moment and be truly present. This is the what living a hands on existence means. Not letting all of the things that weigh us down to hold us back from being with the people around us, in the situation and an active part of the life we have been given.

Gandhi says to “be the change you want to see in the world.” The challenge of life is to be present and involved in order to make that change real.