As some of you may remember, I belong to a Mastermind group with whom I meet every other week. We go over our intentions with the group, and we help refine our intentions to make sure we’re a vibrational match for our desires. If you don’t have a Mastermind group in your life, I highly recommend it.
At our pre-Thanksgiving meeting we decided to do something different. Instead of writing our own intention, we picked names out of a hat and wrote intentions for someone else in the group. In order to write an intention for someone else you have to know them pretty well. Since we’ve all been together for a couple of years now, it wasn’t terribly difficult. Hearing an intention that someone else has thought of for you is incredibly revealing. Think about what you might intend for someone in your own life. Do you think you know them well enough to know what their heart truly desires or what they really need in their life? We read our intentions out loud. It was empowering, creative, and even a little frightening. The intention I read for my secret member involved her taking massive action on something I felt she had pushed to the back burner. She received it well and has taken incredible action since I cast the intention for her.
After going around the room, we did another exercise. On a piece of paper we wrote all of the things we wanted to accomplish in 2009. Then we went outside and our hostess gave us a bunch of electric, flameless, votive candles. For each wish, we put a votive candle on this special light tree. By the time we were all done, that tree was decked with beautiful lights. Then we sat around a bonfire and released our intentions (threw the paper) into the fire, with a prayer that 2009 be our best year ever. It was a beautiful and empowering night, and I left that meeting feeling wonderfully uplifted and inspired.
By the way, the intention written for me was that I make all my wildest dreams a reality. It’s very powerful when you think about it. Wildest dreams huh? I don’t know, I can think of a lot of wild dreams. 🙂
Now fast forward to December where we decided to do something special for the holidays. This time, we printed out small sheets of paper with the following written on them: My Holiday Wish For You …, Thank You For …, What I Love About You …, and then we answered all three questions for each person in the group. We brought a festive container to collect our holiday wishes from the others. We sat in a circle and put our holiday wishes for each person into their bucket, tin, or box. Then we went around the room and read them out loud. I can’t tell you how beautiful this experience was for me. If you’ve ever read my blog entry, Three Wishes, you’ll know that my three wishes in life are to know myself, know another, and to have another know me. This exercise I did with my Mastermind group tapped into those wishes. Hearing how other people feel about you is a gift, especially if you’ve impacted them in a positive way. 😉
Some of my favorites were:
What I love about you is that you dare to be brilliant. You dare to share your brilliance and you dare yourself to be a woman of substance and heart.
What I love about you is your excitement about life and new adventures.
What I love about you is your compassion for others and your committment to your clients, family, and friends.
What I love about you is that you have absolutely gorgeous hair. 🙂
What I love about you is your sweet, gentle, spirit that continues to illuminate those around you. You bring light wherever you go.
Thank you for showing us how to live a more light-filled life.
Thank you for bringing your angels and guides to our meetings so that we may learn and grow.
I could go on but I think you get the gist. I think we all left that night feeling loved and cared for. I know I did. My Mastermind group is a wonderful support for me. Mastermind meetings allow me to share insights with the group and receive wisdom from them. You learn a lot about yourself and what you have to offer in a such a group. I’m blessed to have these wonderful, wise, women in my life.
Even if you don’t have a Mastermind group, you can still do these exercises with your family and friends. What would happen if you did?
Bright blessings to you all!
