When’s the last time you tried making something work through ingenuity or force of will?
That’s using the principle of workability!
Workability and intention:
Intention is the principle by which we create our reality through conscious and unconscious intent. Workability is the principle by which we find solutions. We assume things can be solved and overcome our drama and victimhood that underlies the attitude of “poor me” or “why does this happen to me?” When we shift from drama and victimhood to intention and workability, we create positive, desirable outcomes and find ways forward that would have been hidden.
This week, I (Bob) was leading a training, and the array of things people raised really threw me for a loop. I had a plan and saw no way forward than to make up a bridge and go on with the plan with minor revisions. I intended to have it work and had laid the foundation with my plan, which gave me direction in the face of my disorientation. My intention in advance served me in the challenge. I then focused on going forward with workability for the participants and myself, and things seemed to turn out fine.
It has been fun to hear Elizabeth’s stories about emerging intention as Lyla Rose becomes increasingly willful. This requires a great deal of workability from Elizabeth. One morning, she exemplified workability as Lyla Rose was nursing for an inordinately long time, and Elizabeth was becoming impatient. This was a situation where Elizabeth was being challenged to find a workable solution for Lyla Rose and herself, and she found it—reaching for a book on child development, she ended up reading almost half of the first chapter out loud for Lyla Rose, thereby serving both.
She accepted Lyla’s intent to be nourished and her intent to not be stuck—by using workability. If we could each consistently tap such levels of intention, the world would be much more directionally alive and we would all be more satisfied!
Practicing Workability
Embracing the principle of workability can help you meet more intentions. Ask yourself: what could be workable here? When it seems you have reached an impasse, that’s exactly when to think creatively, outside the box. Allow yourself the satisfaction of finding a solution where it seemed like there couldn’t be one, then find satisfaction in saying:
Practices for Workability:
- Look for workability and tap your intention for desirable outcomes. Have you been in a situation where there doesn’t seem to be a solution? Look for more options than may have presented themselves at first. If you really are intentional, you’ll keep looking for ways to fulfill your desire, even if it looks different from your first idea.
- Keep going until you are satisfied. Did you get an answer that was ok but not totally thrilling? Go into the conversation again. Be willing to get messy to get the result you want. Ever had the satisfaction of working through a complicated bureaucratic process to achieve your desired result in your desired timeline? Go for it.
LiveWright and Live Intentionally,
Dr. Bob & Dr. Judith