Are you living with regret? What do you wish you were doing?  What do you wish you did?

Ultimately, fear and the inner voice hold us ALL back from living an intentional life.

What is an intentional life?  According to John C. Maxwell, it’s a “life that brings you daily satisfaction and continual rewards for merely working to make a difference in the lives of other.”  To me, living intentional means to live with purpose!

Living intentionally makes me think about wanting to improve myself. That’s a good purpose, right?!?  Shouldn’t we all want to be better humans?  But it makes me think of the people around me who refuse to grow. They are consumed by their ego. They want things only their way. They refuse to listen to suggestions. They want to be the ones who are always talking. They are never responsible for anything going on and need to point the finger to someone else. They are too comfortable where they are, but probably unhappy because of it. They are not willing to have the uncomfortable conversations. They are not willing to listen to others about their weaknesses. They are obviously not willing to improve as a human and think THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

Does that sit well with you?  Do you want to be ONLY good enough?  Not me!  I know living intentional will be uncomfortable. I know it will give me some grey hair and wrinkles. Thank God for hair dye and Botox! While the discomfort will be there, I know it too shall pass! On the other side of the uncomfortable will be a fulfilled soul. I mean isn’t that why we are here in earth school? Our souls want to grow and be fulfilled.  Right?

As Marianne Williamson often discusses, living a life based on love (not fear) is like a muscle. The more we use it the more it will strengthen!  Make love (not war) your purpose! 😍 Ha!

What I know for sure is that when we stop protecting our heart and live from it, it will steer us in the right direction and the brain along with the inner voice will get out of the way.  Living intentionally will cause you to help others.  And by helping others get what they want, you will get what you want according to Zig Ziglar.  So what is it that your heart truly wants?

I encourage each of you to do something intentional today. Embrace that little uncomfortable twinge. Notice where it is coming from in your body. Acknowledge it and rock it like a baby. Then immediately after you do the uncomfortable thing, notice how much stronger you feel. Don’t ask yourself how you feel hours after. That will give time for that inner voice to question what you did. Ask it, immediately after! 🙂  I would love to hear about the little uncomfortable acts you reached for!

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