{"id":576,"date":"2015-04-24T11:55:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2015-04-26T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T19:32:32","slug":"intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mountain- Writing Assignment #1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bear climbed Over the Mountain<\/p>\n

The Bear Climbed \u00a0Over the Mountain<\/p>\n

The Bear Climbed Over the Mountain<\/p>\n

to see what she could see.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Did YOU ever sing this little song when you were a kid? I sure did! Click on this link to hear the song and sing along \u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PGJuoodm_BM<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, OK, I took a look back to January 2015 \u00a0to see what I could see, said the Mama Bear! (That would be me, of course.) \u00a0After I wrote my blog article for the New Year, I started thinking about what I might have been looking forward to when I wrote my article four months ago. I want to see how I am doing…Oh, Yes, it was a “big reveal.” I needed to remind myself what I INTEND for this year – now that we are 1\/3 of the way through 2015.<\/p>\n

The Essence of Our Intentions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I take a look back to my January list of Intentions here!<\/p>\n

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The Essence of Intentions<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n

Begin your own personal<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWALKING BY INNER VISION\u201d JOURNAL<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the kind of winter day when it feels just right to spend some time thinking about some of the things we might want to experience at the beginning of a new year. Somehow, when the temperature drops near the zero point, we pause \u00a0in the cozy warmth of our home and take time to dwell on personal things that might be forgotten when the world begins gradually to shift once again towards a time of new beginnings.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a few\u00a0 days and map out the journey? It begins the moment we decide to take the action of thinking about what we want to do this year. Where do we want to go on our journey ahead?<\/p>\n

As soon as we begin to think of the year ahead we often begin to feel some fear or trepidation.\u00a0 Fears begin speaking to us in the beginning. That is the Inner Critic\u00a0\u00a0and pay attention to how that works. It is always to throw road blocks in your path; discourage you; distract you from becoming the person you are meant to be. The Inner Critic is always negative and speaks loud and clear inside you. recognize e it for what it is \u2013 your enemy!<\/p>\n

But there is an opposite voice inside of you, too. This one speaks quietly, sometimes in silence. It whispers. This is your spirit.\u00a0 Take time to stop what you are doing, sit down and listen to that spirit inside of you that will give you guidance and direction towards the good that God has for your future.<\/p>\n

I want you to begin writing down some of the positive intentions you have for this year.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be afraid to give them a voice.\u00a0 Words and thoughts have power. Your written words will give you the strength you need throughout the year as you look over them from time to time. We\u2019ll keep on going because we have written out a plan and we will remember our intentions for this journey.<\/p>\n

I recently \u00a0mulled over some conversations I had with other people and the feelings I was dancing with in my solitary times of reflection.\u00a0 Words of the past week of the New Year lingered in my thoughts. \u00a0 I asked, \u201cWhat are my own intentions? I began to realize that to find my \u201cintentions\u201d I needed to begin to do the mindful work, seek out the core beliefs I hold.<\/p>\n

I am not talking about goals and dreams here. Yes, we have them, and we\u2019ll continue to work towards them a step at a time. \u00a0I do strongly recommend that you set some goals for the year, too. Set goals that are attainable.\u00a0 Be sure to outline some short-term\u00a0\u00a0goals that you can work towards on your way to the end goals.\u00a0 Be realistic. When you reach each of the short-term\u00a0\u00a0goals;\u00a0celebrate and give yourself a reward for reaching it. For goals, Write them Down. Then, Make it work! That is the best advice for attaining your goals.\u00a0 But, what I want to focus on here is INTENTIONS \u2013 which are how you will find your life\u2019s PURPOSE or your CALLING.\u00a0 We all have a purpose or a calling on our life and it was planted deep inside of us from our beginnings.\u00a0 Here is where we find our MEANING \u2013 what we are here to do as human beings, created by God.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0INTENTIONS – \u00a0our inner motivations \u2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

our spirit – the very core of who we are.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We begin by asking ONLY ONE question: \u00a0\u201cWhat will I gain?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Will this fit my lifestyle?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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We have this moment and we have no assurance we will see another day<\/p>\n

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Begin to write YOUR INTENTIONS!<\/p>\n

I wrote my intentions out for this year.<\/p>\n

How did I begin this task?<\/p>\n

Make a list of your own intentions for this year.Write each one as it comes to you.<\/p>\n

Write what is important to you. search your own mind for what is important to you.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s \u00a0a couple of my intentions for this year:<\/p>\n