Law of Attraction Magazine February, 2016 | Page 42

The Teachings of Joshua
New Years Resol ut ions, Goal s and Int ent ions

We prefer the word intention to goal. If you take
a look at what you?re doing when you set goals,
it?s more about the accumulation of stuff or
status. When you set intentions, they tend to be
about feelings. A goal might be to become
salesman of the year or make $200,000 this
year, etc.
An Intention might be to spend
more time with loved ones, be
happier, stay fit, enjoy more
time in nature, etc.
Intentions tend to be about
enjoying and appreciating life,
while goals tend to be about
the man-made stuff of life.
When you set an intention it?s
to feel good. When you make a
goal, it?s to look good.
In this sense you might spend
more time looking at what you
really want. Why do you want
money, achievement or
success? It?s because you think
that it will make you feel better.
Why not simply intend to feel
better? Wouldn?t this accomplish the same
thing?
We see that you are working to feel better in
each moment. You know that this is a feeling
reality and all you are ever doing is feeling.
Since you understand this most basic and
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primary aspect of physical reality, you know
that your only goal is to feel good.
If you made a lot of money or won some
accolades, you would feel good for a time.
However, unless you are constantly intending
to feel good in every
moment, unless you make it
a priority to feel good more
and more of the time, your
good- feeling moments will
be fleeting. Most people
think that when they do
something and feel good as
a result, that the good
feeling will last. It doesn?t
work this way, does it? As
soon as the good feeling of
an achievement subsides,
the person reverts back to
their baseline feeling. You
must work on raising your
baseline, not on achieving
your goals.
This is the mundane work of
appreciation and gratitude.
This must become your
habit. Setting intentions to feel good on a
moment by moment basis is all the work
you?ll ever have to do. It also has universal
implications. As you begin to feel better and
better, your world will reflect your new found
feelings. Your better feelings will create a