INTENTional.........

Intent is so important right? Along with perception......I feel that they are both a big part of what drives our experience here......our perception becomes our reality no matter what is happening around us sometimes.....and our intentions are what drive our actions in our day to day.....and sometimes I wonder when people treat us really viciously, or with ugliness......if that is really intention in them, or a lack of? I feel like intention needs consciousness.....and awareness......and would somebody behave in those ways willfully?......or is that a result of wounds that go deeper and that wound being poked somehow and then they lash ou?t......I tend to think the latter......but having met brutality at certain points for the first time, in the last couple of years, it always gives me great pause when it comes......the shock of it.....especially when it was a close person to me......and I have learned through therapy.....many hours of therapy lol :) that those types of actions are a result of a hurting person......and clearly a reflection of them........and their projections.......and that people get triggered, and behave in all sorts of ways that hurt others.......and my goal in each of those instances is to not lash back......or lose myself.....staying clear in my position.....and stating it.....but leading from my heart, and how I feel..... and the real heart of how I am feeling......not joining in the viciousness.......and recently I was trying to remember if I have ever been vicious to anybody?? And a time doesn't stand out.....I for sure have lost my cool before lol:) But going after somebody's throat......I can't remember a time.....I do think there were a few arguments my ex and I had after I knew about his affair, that my anger and rage took center stage, and I likely wasn't kind in my assessment...and I too felt like a wounded animal in that moment.....so perhaps I can understand a person's ugliness some in that context......in fact I remember that anger and rage, and how it felt, but not much of what was said, due to how blinding it was.....and as I type that it makes it clear to me that that is why intention has to join the party.....because lacking that presence in how we are meaning to show up in this world, and letting ourselves get caught up in emotion, and saying awful things leads to us losing ourselves.....and having strong intention allows for us to protect our character when it goes under attack.....because we know deeply who we are.....and that our intent in the world is good.....and true......and it is in helping others.....and making the world a better place bit by bit.....and where we can! Intention is magic.....both in driivng our goals and dreams but also in living our lives too! Enjoy the day! Happy Friday!