Today’s DayOne Daily Prompt: What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?
If there is one thing I can do to improve my life I believe it is acting with INTENTION. By that, I mean acting rather than reacting. I want all of my actions to be premeditated, my words to be planned and purposeful.
I admire people who start a speech, conversation, or encounter with the end goal in mind rather than rambling and getting to the point in a roundabout way.
I am currently reading a book by the living legend Tina Turner called Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good.
References to the Book
- Good Reads
- Simon’s Schuster’s Book Site
- Book Video Trailer with Tina Turner (!)
- Vanity Fair Article: Tina Turner Has the Secret for Happiness, and She’s Sharing It
- USA Today Article: ‘The Path to True Happiness’ Tina Turner shares her secrets to creating joy in new book
- The obligatory Wikipedia Article
In it, she introduces us to the concepts from Buddhism which have helped her lead a happier, more peaceful life.
I have gotten to the point where she first learns about chanting and meditation so I have a ways to go.
I would like to incorporate meditation in my daily routine but I am not there yet.
In the Buddhist tradition, right intention is the second teaching in the Noble Eightfold Path. It includes committing oneself to personal growth and ethical behaviour, resisting unhealthy desire, and not causing harm to oneself or others.
Moksha Mantra
Acting with intention is not easy.
If we are aware of what we are thinking and feeling, and thinking critically about what we want to do and say based on those thoughts or feelings, we are acting with intention. We are not simply walking along the path of least resistance, but creating a productive route for ourselves, and sometimes that’s challenging. It’s in that challenge we come alive.
On Being: The Role of Acting With Intention
I think its a shoot for the moons and catch a few stars situation.
Those are my musings for the day. Catch you in the next one.