I need Intent. Like higly skilled and result focused Fairy Godmothers.

Wilma Ham — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:19:53 -0600

I can see in these times we are all challenged by seeing possibilities and creating results.

I am aware that I need to learn the skills of how to think solutions through to achieve the best possible results in these times where fear thrives.

The key words here are 'best possible' and 'thinking through'.

And I find Fairy Godmothers good role models for seeing possibilities and how to get awesome results.
I realized that if I was involved in getting results for Cinderella, she wouldn't be happily living with her prince right now.
She would have been stuck where she was, although she might have ended up with some better cleaning products if she was lucky.

However clever Cinderella didn't ask me but her Fairy Godmother.
And Cinderella's Fairy Godmother showed me that to manifest dreams, in fearful times it is very helpful to be result focused and resourceful.
Using a pumpkin and glass slippers for example.

And she over delivered; she got Cinderella to the ball AND marrying a prince.

So I get that I need Fairy Godmother's intent to further my dreams and don't let me stop by doom and gloom.
Because as a result of my dreams and teh fear mongery, my life has become a steady stream of situations I need to resolve.
And the better the solutions and results I can come up with, the more leverage I create, the easier I have my dream come along in the best possible way.

A simple example might illustrate what could happen when I can crank up my result focus and intentions.

To sell the house to move to our Garden of Eden we are tidying up the garden.
John mulches the weeds with the lawnmower.
While mulching with the lawnmower the handle breaks off in such a way that repair seems tricky.
Logical conclusion is to blame the mulching.
My thinking goes to; "Replace the mower and stop mulching the weeds with the mower."

You might think as I first did; "Gee, that is a quick and easy result, well done, no time wasted".

However John trots off to the shop with the intention to find out about lawn mowers, their use, their length of life etc etc and what caused the problem with our current one and he has no intention to buy one yet.
I would have gone into the shop to buy the same mower and with no intention of finding out about lawn mowers as I am resigned to the fact that all lawnmowers are badly designed, break down, are irrepairable and have a short life span anyway.
The result I would have caused was another mediocre lawnmower and no solution for mulching the weeds.

Indeed no Fairy Godmother stuff here, but I have John.

John comes home with the good news that the mulching is not the cause of the break, corrosion and rust of the steel is and all the information he has gathered has given him a solution and the resources to fix it effectively.
All in all he created the best possible result by leveraging his thinking, questioning and metal working skills.

The only skills I would have leveraged would be driving the car and swiping my credit card.
Not a good move with a shringking bank balance.

And what I would have created is this;
An invoice for a mediocre lawnmower.
"And the weeds? Oh****, that problem!
Well, that is it.
It is all too hard with one thing after the other; as far as I am concerned moving to the country can stay a dream."

The scenario John created is this.
A visit to the shop with an open mind created a solution and a result; the mower was fixed that afternoon.
The next time we do need a new mower he knows about corroding steel and the benefits of aluminum.
The mulching of the weeds continues to happen so the garden is kept tidy and the move to the country is still on target.
This problem is solved, Next...and before he knows it he lives in his Garden of Eden...

Fairy Godmother stuff that I can learn to do too.

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