dailydatewithgod

Have you noticed there is a difference between attention and intention?  Perhaps it is easily distinguishable for you, but I realized recently that the idea of separating the two while in a present experience was possible. If my head is in what is happening right now, my attention is on the now and what is happening.  But if my intention was for it to turn out a different way then my attention is not on what is actually happening, but how it is not what I thought it would be.  If I create my intentions when walking into a situation by aligning them with what I feel my purpose would be in that situation then I can be attentive to what is happening because I am present as my being in that moment.  For example, if I go to work with the intention to be of service and help someone out then I can be attentive to my work as someone who is there to help.  But if I determine that my intention is to help in a specific way or only with a certain person or if a certain thing happens then I cannot focus on what is happening because I am lost in my imaginary world of what is supposed to be. Then I miss out on how the beauty of life unfolds.  I believe that God wants us to be.  Be love, be kind, be generous, be grateful, be authentic, be genuine.  We are given many opportunities to live out those intentions each moment of each day.  Being present in the moment as that intention I can give my attention to however the opportunity to be those things shows up.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to living from an intended life so that we can give our full attention to how that life unfolds today. Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen