setting intentions

i'm not all that woo-woo (as we call it in asheville), but i do believe in setting intentions, mostly because it has had surprising results when i've looked back.

eric and i have moved often enough that we've developed a ritual about leaving one place and arriving in another, and it includes walking back through the time in the old place and setting intentions or stating what we hope for the new place.

for dodge street, we hoped it would be a good launching pad -- yikes! that worked. maybe a little too well! for here, we are laughing that we intend that NOTHING INTERESTING WILL HAPPEN!

seriously, it's a scary thing to put the intentions out there. i used to be scared that they wouldn't be realized, but now i'm honestly a little more scared that they will. i want to do well in school, be a good partner to eric, let the people in my life know that i love them, be centered and choose well, take good care of myself -- those are easy to say. but the hard one is that i most of all want to get better at hearing and trusting that quiet Voice that will Guide us if we let it. that's the scary part, but also the heart of the matter.

today's thought is that i can do this intention re-set any time i like, not just when we move. now *that's* scary!