DAY NINETEEN – INTENTIONS

December 19 , 2022 /

DAY NINETEEN – INTENTIONS

Perhaps smaller than goals, more immediate and conscious, we set out to be or do something intending for it to happen because we have engaged our thought into an action.  We have heard “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”  It was first published in Henry G. Bohn’s A Hand-book of Proverbs in 1855. It appeared in a newspaper in 1831. … The earliest known text resembling this phrase occurs in Virgil’s Aeneid: “facilis descensus Averno (the descent to hell is easy)”.

 

Making plans, having them visible and audible, even written down clearly, is not enough.  Those good intentions must be converted into real currency of action and behavior that fulfills the intention.  Otherwise, it’s like a promise that falls off the lips as lightly as air and is not fulfilled.

Promising ourselves might be reinforced and strengthened by letting someone else in on the intention, plan or promise, more of a commitment.

What kinds of intentions are on your drawing board in the design stage?  That may be the first step in a longer and more arduous process of getting to where you say you want to be in the near or longer term.  The other steps need to follow on, one after the other, being on the lookout for obstacles and barriers that would threaten your progress forward.

 

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