When we are listening to funky music that is good, you got the funk. And part of that is being specific with what it is you got.
Friends of mine had good success when they changed the signage at their restaurant. From lunch to Bento box, they sold more, the people bought more when the story was more specific.
Specific intention is beneficial to our practice, and it gets easier. Gardening, surfing, violin, painting, building, caring, the things that we attempt, get easier for us if they are intrinsically good for us.
With more experience and knowledge, we grow more food and flowers. Practice surfing, fitness, and setting intentions improve, this is not competition for the worlds best surfer is, we already know who that is. The intention of committing to a wave is an important part if your wanting to ride the wave.
And when the story we tell ourselves is more specific when we connect to that story with more intensity, there is more opportunity for intimate connection to that moment, accepting progress for what it is, life in the given, not attracted to the outcome.
Lunch to Bento box, exercise to bushwalk, body awareness to breathing exercise, work to gardening, our practice and stories are important motivators. Looking at the signs that motivate us to action can be real action, connection to the breath with freedom in the moment, relaxation.
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