A pie eating contest, winning a stuffed pig at a carnival, and running a seven mile road race.

What do they all have in common?

Intention.

Scrolling through my photos from the past 12 months I was reminded of some of the interesting things I did this year. Some big things, some small things, some new things, some familiar things.

If I didn’t show up for them they never would have happened for me.

As a recovering “hoper and wisher”, I know the good stuff in life seldom just shows up no matter how good you are at hoping and wishing for it to do so. Without the clarity of intention and the aligned action to back it up, I put myself in position to simply take what life gives me instead of creating and experiencing what life holds for me.

Life gives us many choices, including deciding what kind of life we are willing to accept for ourselves.

Choose wisely.

Photo by Andrew Ridley on Unsplash

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