We are taught about the importance of setting intentions, but most have not considered the power of intention. Please read my personal story below.
I work as a virtual assistant, mainly at Center for Spiritual Living churches nationwide. I am one of those fortunate people who loves what I do, does what I love, and gets paid to do it! Most of my work entails website creation and updates, memes, flyers, and newsletter creation. I also market events on Facebook and other venues. I express my inner creativity through my work!
In 2024, I began working for a CSL whose social media postings were in serious trouble. After creating and marketing websites, I have a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. Most of the tasks I inherited from this Center were poorly designed and ineffective. Needless to say, this drove me up the wall! This Center was working through some internal changes, so I was asked NOT to change anything with the current marketing practices.
Thankfully, the folks I worked with were pleasant and likeable, so I trudged through it, knowing that they were only months away from making serious and permanent changes. As it turned out, after waiting through this timeframe, they decided to do something different and terminated our agreement.
An interesting learning experience
I walked away from the situation knowing I never wanted to work again for an organization that would not let me express my creativity. It was stifling to me! I began focusing on what I wanted in a new account. Without fully realizing I was setting an intention, I focused on finding a Center that would allow me to express my creativity. Several months passed, and I figured if someone needed my services, I would hear from them.
Then, out of the blue, a Center I had worked for temporarily a year or so prior contacted me. They needed some consulting. Okay, I said, knowing this would probably be a one- or two-time meeting. A few months after the consulting, they called again and asked if I would be interested in being their webmaster. Since I had worked for them before and remembered the experience, I agreed to pursue the opportunity.
After an interesting conversation with them, I began working on their website. Sometime within the first few days, my supervisor told me that if I saw anything on the website that needed to be fixed, to go ahead and change it. They wanted to make their website as effective as possible and trusted me to step in and make the necessary change I thought needed to be made.
It was then when I remembered my intention to find a Center that would let me express my creativity. This was a clear manifestation of the power of intention I had set!