Champion of Intentions

 Champion of Intentions 

While at a recent seminar, I was caught by surprise as I tuned into an intriguing statement I heard … “We judge others by their actions and judge ourselves by our intentions.” How true I thought … and then realized how I had become a Champion of Intentions … and that I had been living too much of my life in this manner. 

But yesterday I saw yet another aspect of this statement … it was prompted by a coaching session I had just finished with a client … an aspect about intentions and actions that was an awakening for me. 

I thought to myself, “Yes, even with all my imperfections, I still love myself” … but then realized too much of this love for myself has been mostly through intention and not enough action … the reality of actually doing things for myself and with myself and not just thinking about those wonderful things that someday I would do. 

Many years ago I wrote this thought about Love … “Action and words go hand and hand … and all good love is so free … but remember action speaks louder than words … and that’s how love should be.” 

For the first time I understood that what I said not only applied to the love I shared in a relationship with another … but also applied to the love I shared with myself … to love myself with actions and not just wishful intentions.  

I went to bed that night knowing I had found another revealing piece to my “Life Puzzle” and placed it in my “Life Picture” at the right spot … a piece that represented the start of a conscious shift from being a Champion of Intention to a Champion of Action.