What intentions are you setting?

If you’re not clear on your intention, that in itself is an intention.

A former colleague, Alan, once headed out to bring the horses in. I could tell by his walk that he didn’t believe they’d come. Sure enough, later he admitted that that was exactly what he’d been thinking.

The horses took off at a gallop.

I went out to help. As I watched them charge up and down the field, my first thought was: “This is going to be tricky.” Then I caught myself as I remembered that was a story.

It wasn’t true. It was made up.