Live With Intention - Attract What You Deserve in Your Life By Jessica C Smith

It's a Choice to Live With Intention Living with intention is all about choice. It's about embracing that we are the supreme authorities over our lives and all our experiences. It's a tall order, so be gentle on yourself as you mull this idea over in your mind. Not many of us are willing to embrace the concept that all we have right now has been a product of all the thoughts we have had over our lifetime. Life is not about blame. Life's not about finding fault in our past behaviors or in the behaviors of others. Life is about living every experience you want to live and doing so in any way in which you choose to live it. So how do we live on purpose and with intention? We must decide to take full accountability for our lives and readily accept that the Law of Attraction is a Universal principle, scientifically proven and is always at work in our experiences. The Universe wants us to live our best life and is always unfolding and orchestrating all that needs to happen to bring about your desires. It's up to you to identify these desires. You do this through the thoughts you think and the feelings you feel. Which one comes first-thoughts or feelings? Which comes first is less important to understand because the only thing you have complete control over is your own thoughts.

Thoughts, subconscious or conscious, create the feeling, or vibrations, that attract the Universe's response. Be choosing thoughts that most serve you, you will also be creating the vibrations that attract all that serves you.

Three Step Formula for Living With Intention
1. Identify your desire.
2. Give your desire your attention and focus as often as possible throughout your day.
3. Allow your desire to manifest in your life.

What do you Desire? Discovering what you truly desire takes a bit of intentional thought and effort. We all have many dreams--some which come into our thoughts but often quickly go, and others that we can feel in the very core of our beings. When we think of our desires, we feel good. When we focus on what we want-and if it's what we truly desire-we will feel the goodness of that desire reverberating in our souls. Be precise about what you want and when you want it. Be as specific as possible about your desires. If you want more abundance in your life, how much do you want?

If you want to create a healthier and more fit body, how much weight do you want to lose-and by when? If you desire an intimate and loving relationship, describe all the attributes you would like to have in that person-and when would you life to meet him or her? Give Attention to Your Desire. Take time every day; take the time to do this multiple times each day or whenever possible and give positive focus to your desire.

The Universe only responds to what we give focus to. By being clear about what you want, you can give it the proper attention that will vibrationally align with you having it in your experience. "The Law of Attraction responds to whatever vibration you are sending by giving you more of it, whether it's positive or negative.

It simply responds to your vibration." Michael Losier Allow it. So often we confuse the Universe by all our demands about what we "want." By not deliberately thinking thoughts that serve you, thoughts that may be a detriment will invade your mind. It has been suggested that we experience more than 2,000 thoughts each minute with 80% of them being the same thoughts (or slight variations of those thoughts) as we had yesterday. Unfortunately, 90% of our thoughts have a negative vibration-allowing us to think about all the things we don't want, rather than what we do.

By curbing the negative thinking and intentionally thinking thoughts that serve your higher good, you will create new neuro pathways in your brain that will allow positive thoughts to travel more consistently. Allow the good to flow from your positive thoughts-be aware when something good happens in your life, whether it be large or small. Gratitude is the attitude of abundance and by being grateful you will be vibrationally aligned. Often before we can truly understand what we want, we must first know what we don't want. Knowing this is sometimes an easier place to start for people who want to live intentionally-we habitually speak of the things we don't want-and of course, the Universe responds to our point of focus and brings to us exactly that: all that we DON'T want.


There is clarity through contrast. Exercise: Understanding What You Desire. Take out a large piece of paper, preferably a legal sized piece and a pen. On the top of the page, write the title: Living With Intention: Understanding ALL the things you DON'T want in your life. Then, find yourself a place where you will be uninterrupted for a minimum of 15 minutes. Set a timer if you need to because you want to sit for at least 15 minutes for this exercise. Number your page all the way to the bottom. Write the numbers 1-50 along the left side of the paper, making two columns if needed. Now, with no filters-just a free flow of consciousness, write ALL the things you don't want in your life as it pertains to your area of desire. If you find you have run out of "don't wants" before the 15 minutes is up, stay in thought until something else comes up or until your time is finished. Examples of things you don't want: (Desire is to have more money.) 1. Don't want to pay my bills late. 2. Don't want to receive calls from creditors 3. Don't want to see an empty savings account 4. Don't want to answer calls from creditors 5. Don't want to watch what I spend 6. Don't want to say no to my kids 7. Don't want to only eat in cheaper restaurants 8. Don't want to budget my grocery list 9. Don't want to pay late fees 10. Don't want to feel broke 11. Don't want to order meals on price alone 12. Don't want to work overtime to pay my bills You get the point. Keep writing about all the things you don't want in your life. When you think you have written down ALL the "don't wants", flip the paper over to Side B. Side B: Things I do want in my life. To fill out this side you have to be very clear on what it is you do want. As you write your list in the same, free flowing style you did for Side A, write for the entire 15 minutes. Once you have finished Side B, go back to the first part of the exercise and begin crossing off the contrasting statements.

For example: If on Side B you wrote: "I want to feel wealthy" you would cross off #10 on Side A: "I don't want to feel broke." Once you have crossed off as many as you can, review your list on Side A to see what still remains. Turn over to Side B and write-for that particular "don't want" from Side A that wasn't crossed off-a sentence about what you DO want. For example: If you notice that # 11 on Side A remains not crossed out, then on Side B, writes something like: "I dine at the finest restaurants and always order exactly what I want." When you have finished this exercise, revisit my blog site for the next step in your journey of Living On Purpose and with Intention. In the upcoming article, I will discuss how you will write your ideal Desire Statement.

Until next time, be aware of what you are including in your vibrational bubble and if it does not serve your highest good, choose a different thought by verbalizing a statement that will serve you. "You are a creator; you create with your every thought. You often create by default, for you are getting what you are giving your attention to wanted or unwanted but you know by how it feels if what you are getting is what you are wanting or if it is not what you are wanting." -Abraham Hicks To work with me in one of my various opportunities, please send me an email to my gmail account: influenceyourrealitynow or click on any of the links below to take you to my individual sites which will better help you understand how you, too, can begin to live abundantly and create the life of your dreams.

Best Wishes for all your successes