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Topic: Inspiration is common, but inspired action is rare - Klattu Started 12 years, 9 months ago

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Posted 13 years ago

I find it easy to get inspired, and often get great ideas. However, it’s not just enough to be inspired – you need an action behind the inspiration (inspired action) which is much more rare. Intention is the difference between having a vision and bringing it into the world.

Posted 13 years ago

I agree with you Klattu, intention is the key – without the proper intention, even an action that may in fact be good, (like feeding the homeless) may not be the right one, if the person is doing it to bring fame or glory to himself. I think one of the keys is lack of attachment to the outcome.

Posted 13 years ago

Thanks ja22 – do you really think we need to lack attachment to the outcome? Isn’t it important to care about the outcome so you can do your best to make sure things turn out right??

Posted 13 years ago

I think intention is the key – do you intend to feed the homeless because you feel compassion to the homeless, or because you want others to admire you for feeding the homeless? It’s important to do the best job you can, but that is not the same thing as doing it so that others admire you doing it.

Posted 13 years ago

Hi Klauttu,
I really liked what you said, it got me thinking. I wonder does the person who has the intention have to be the same person who acts on the intention? I think that sometimes it is enough just to have the intention and share that intention with others who might be in a better position to bring it to life. Also I know from my own personal experiences that even if I have the best of intentions the outcome may not be what I would consider successful or even positive or helpful to the situation, in fact good intentions can sometimes go very very wrong. I don’t think it really matters too much if the intention was successful or not as long as the intention came from a place of love. I used to live next to an apartment building where a woman and her 3 kids were always being beaten by her drunk abusive husband. Every week I would hear the abuse and call the police. The next day when I knew he was off in jail, I would leave clothes, toys, baked goods, diapers, etc along with brochures from local battered womens shelter on her doorstep. I never told her who I was. Unfortunately she was still with him when I moved away. All I can hope is that my little act of kindness made her life a little bit easier and that someone from social services would someday give her the real help that I was not able to.

Posted 13 years ago

I don’t think we have total control over the outcome of our intentions. I think there may be other intervening factors that contribute to outcomes.

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