The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Why does no one ever talk about the road going in the other direction?  How about the one where good intentions get their just due?  Why did intentions get such a bad reputation?  I have tons of intentions everyday - I may not always make the transition from intention to action, but doesn't each action begin life as a thought, an intention?  (Today I intended to watch "The Exes" marathon on TV Land.  Okay, fine I didn't really but at least it assisted me fulfilling my other intention of taking a sweet, sweet nap.  Oh, and please don't actually tell anyone I watched that TV show .... what we do in the privacy of our own homes can be quite embarrassing when exposed to the world.)

But seriously, where is the class/lesson/book/lecture where they teach you how to make a plan and actually follow through with it?  Where you turn your good intentions into good actions?    It seems as if so much in life is about either completion or maintenance, yet we live in a world where so much is left by the wayside.  Half completed home projects, lost weight gained back, relationships left to whither and die on the vine.   We seem to be over committed, too afraid to commit to anything at all or too lazy to just get things done.  Whatever our issue we seem to end up not being very productive at all. 

 

Who is ready to move their intentions to actions?  Who is ready to move their life forward and actually make it look more like the one we feel we should be living? While I never took the class, at The Learning Annex or elsewhere, I am going to attempt to muddle through and act in ways that enhance my life.  A while back I found a list of those items I deemed as important to include in my daily life, and they are as follows:

*family

*the arts

*love

*the written word

*laughter

Not sure how old the list was, but it rings as true today as I am sure it did when first written and I am using it as my Good Intentions check list .... upward and onward.

 

(Sorry no outfit today, but I simply must post a picture of the amazing $4.00 Gap jean jacket I scored at Goodwill last week - I fully intend to wear this again, again and again as the weather warms.)