"An intention synchronistically organizes its own fulfillment."
— Deepak Chopra
When I created Olive Bites I never really sat down and took the time to think about my intention for this venture and how this intention (desire without attachment to the outcome) would guide my business decisions.
This is different than goal setting- it's not about earning X amount in X amount of time, numbers and percentages - it's more about your big picture thinking.The WHY of your business - the inspiration for all of this in the first place.I knew I wanted to create original work, work with certain materials and show that eco can be beautiful because mostly people do not connect the two things. And because this is my intention - I do these things.
But I didn't give alot of thought about how (and why) I intended for this business to grow and most importantly how I intended for this creative adventure called Olive Bites to
fit into my life.
And because I set no big-picture intentions for these things, these are exactly the things that have grown in unintended directions.
As I move into wholesale I had started to question my own intentions with this growth -
- it's not like I have to grow in this particular direction (selling to stores) and hubby is not a big fan of anything that sounds like more work for me -I did not want the growth to be out of fear and I knew that part of my push to do this
now is the culture of copying the internet has fostered.
(more on this some other time, I never have the stomach to talk much about this, it is enough to say that it is totally heart breaking and expensive to have to deal with)
I know I cannot grow out of fear.
I need this growth to be from love; love of my creations, love of the process, love of the sharing with other people (this cannot be done on my own - something I always tend to want to do), love of the change this growth will be creating in my life (and other people's).
So I am taking the time to set some big old intentions for all of this and then releasing my attachment to the outcome (and I am determined to let my day to day decisions be guided by these intentions).
Setting your intention helps you make the right decisions ... for you.
If it is your intention to have your own business so that you can set your own hours, have time with your children, etc then you will make different decisions than someone whose intention for their business is to pay the rent or someone whose intention is to be the number one creator of thingamajigs in the universe.There is no right way or wrong way, but I am thinking this 24/7 life would be a little bit easier for us if we let our big picture intentions guide our day to day decisions.
Note that often when we set our intentions things will happen to 'test' them.When you set your intention to not work weekends, you will likely be offered up an opportunity that will require exactly this. It is like the universe is checking in with you to see if this is what you really want.
And when this happens, remember this is not something that is happening
to you, it is something that is happening
for you.
If you are living an expansive life you always get to decide, there are no wrong decisions here, just decisions that are better ... for you.(amazing growth illustration - maidenhair fern #3 by
gollybard above)
Melbourne indie artist Kimbra has created this beautiful video clip.
The girl scouts have been rebranded with an updated shade of green, bangs and a nose job!
