INTENTION VS. EXPECTATION

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I have been grappling with the distinctions between setting an intention and having an expectation, and how to operate from the former rather than the latter. Here is what I’ve managed to ascertain.

An intention is a deliberate choice to engage with a deeper level of your consciousness as a means to create a more mindful and present way of engaging with any situation. An expectation is an externalization, a story we smack onto a situation that is ultimately based in disengaging - from the present, from our capacity for consciousness, and from the myriad of possibilities therein.

An intention is about refining and evolving. It builds our capacity to trust ourselves. It is deliberate, internally-oriented, and lets go. An expectation is fixed, domineering, and focuses our energy where it serves literally no one: on controlling the external elements of our experience. Intention fosters our autonomy and minimizes our sense of things happening “to us,” which is a foundational characteristic of expectation.

An intention fosters our relationship with our truest selves, and encourages the meaningful use of our energy. Quantum science has proven that the physical world as it exists in the present moment is in flow with your focus and attention and energy - photons literally shift in response to where you put your energy. Use it wisely. Use it deliberately. Use it where it can serve you and others productively, patiently, compassionately.

Truth is, there is so, so, soooooiii much more to be said here. I could make eight billion more categories tbh. But that is the nature of attempting to filter our experience through language - there will always be more ways to express, to dissect, and to articulate evermore carefully, thoughtfully, consciously… here is my attempt!

PS please pardon any repetition here - some of these sections and concepts overlap, but also need to be carefully explored in relation to other ideas!! 🙏