Nov
14

“The PIG is Committed!”

A couple of days ago I read a great article with a
slightly intimidating title.

“The Self-Empowering Guidance of Mindfully Dedicated
Intention.”

Wow! That’s quite a mouthful!

As a subtitle, there was a quote from Deepak Chopra
the spiritual, mind-body author. It said,

“Intention organizes its own fulfillment!”

Now before you just casually breeze through this email
and all the others that are in your inbox today, I’ll
tell you that short five word statement is the most
important sentence you will read today, this week and
maybe even this year.

Let’s read that again.

“Intention organizes its own fulfillment!”

Let’s try to make that even clearer.

How about if we substitute the word intention
with commitment?

Now the phrase would read

“Commitment organizes its own fulfillment.”

But since I think the word commitment is often used
very casually, let me quote a story from the article
that gives better definition to what the author means
by intention (commitment).

“Our daily lives also provide examples of the
self-empowering guidance of mindfully dedicated intention.
For instance, as single parent Susan Bradford entered
her kitchen one morning to make breakfast for herself and
her three-year-old daughter, Amanda, she found the child
lying semi-conscious on the floor. Amanda had been
awakened by a now subsiding storm, and came to the
kitchen to play. An open, empty pill bottle lying beside
her told the rest of the story.

Susan quickly read the bottle’s label, which warned
that death from an overdose could occur within half
an hour of loss of consciousness. Though dressed only
in her negligee with her hair in curlers, she put the
empty pill bottle in her purse, scooped Amanda
into her arms, and ran to her car.

When the car would not start, Susan dashed back to the
house to call a neighbor. The phone line was dead, as
service had been disrupted by a fallen tree. Rather
than lose precious time going to her neighbor’s house,
Susan ran directly to a nearby freeway with
her purse and Amanda in her arms.

Still scantily clad, Susan was unconcerned about either
the chilly and blustery weather or her semi-naked
appearance. She stepped onto the freeway to wave down a
car, and immediately got a ride. She and Amanda were at
the nearest hospital emergency room in just a few
more minutes.

When Susan was later asked, “What went through your mind
as you read the warning label on the empty pill bottle?”
she replied, “I saw myself in the emergency room with
Amanda. It never occurred to me that I wouldn’t make it.”

You see Susan began with the accomplished outcome
already in her mind!

She had “Mindfully Dedicated Intention!” didn’t she?

She KNEW she was going to get her daughter to the
hospital.

So here’s my question for you today?

Do you have a mindfully dedicated intention to be
successful?

Are you committed or do you just have your big toe in
the water?

Do you remember the old story about the bacon and egg
breakfast?

The chicken participates but the pig is COMMITTED!

So for today, if you are working at changing your
financial situation, ask yourself just how really
committed you are.

Are you the chicken or the pig?

Because once you are “all in”, you’ll be amazed at
how much easier your task (whatever it is) becomes.

Many of your “problems” will never occur and your