There are many wrong choices
Many paths lead to dead ends
Set your intention with love
And you will never be lost
Even when you are
Going nowhere
INTENTION TO LOVE
By Robert Van Valkenburgh
Meditations of a Gentle Warrior
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Don’t assume malicious intent.
It’s usually not the case.
Most people are trying their best to do their best.
They aren’t intentionally trying to hurt you.
In fact, it is way more likely that they aren’t even thinking about you at all.
They are too busy thinking about themselves and their lives to plot against you.
Give people the benefit of the doubt and know that those who intentionally hurt you are the exception, not the rule.
MALICIOUS INTENT
By Robert Van Valkenburgh
Meditations of a Gentle Warrior
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When you live your life well, you don’t have to look forward to special occasions.
Every moment is precious.
Every occasion is a special occasion.
This day, hour, minute, and second will never repeat itself.
There will be no now like this now you are currently in.
Instead of looking forward, look around.
Are you spending your time well?
Start your day with intention.
Set your goals and get to work.
Life is not going to give you what you need or want without you putting in the effort to get it.
Determine how you want your day to go, what you want to accomplish, and how you plan to accomplish it, and take action in that direction.
The day will have plans of its own and you will have to adapt, but if you start your day without intention, you are at the mercy of whim and fate.
If you abdicate responsibility for your life, do not expect your life to be the life you want.
When you awaken each morning, you get to decide how your day begins.
This decision, coupled with action, will set the tone for the rest of your day.
You cannot control what the day will bring, but you can control how you approach it.
Approach each day with intention.
These are the only days you get.
Every interaction is an agreement to give your time away.
No one and no thing can give you your time back.
Time is a non-renewable resource.
Be careful to whom or what you give it and for what reason.
Each and every moment is precious.
Every passing second deserves your attention.
It is easier than ever to get distracted.
Resist the temptation to look away from what is in front of you.
Be here now for who and matters.
Be here now for your life.
All you have is time and time is fleeting.
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