a lil’ invocation goes a long way

 
 

We are here now
to give witness
to a shared truth
that absolutely everything is progress
that we have all that
we need
that brilliance is unfolding
here and now

and so it is.
now, let's rock it.

This is how I start my Fire Starter sessions with clients. I try to keep it light so my unsuspecting client doesn't think we're about to sacrifice a goat or I'm going to start talking about fairy guides. (And if you're one of my Fire Starters and I forgot to start off on this note, mea culpa.)

I used to do some freelance publicity with a large independent business publisher in San Francisco. The CEO was very openly a devout Christian. We started meetings with a prayer to God...something like, "thank you for bringing us together to create good things for the world, may we be of service to the whole." There we were, a motley crew of Jews and New Agers and atheists, heads bowed. You couldn't help but be still and appreciate. No one cared if it was about Jesus or Allah, it got us FOCUSED.

I had boss who used to pull up to the board room table at the start of meetings, and charmingly, predictably and say, "So what's this all about, my friends?" My favourite yoga classes begin with a chant. True teams begin with a huddle.

all communication begins with intention.

How do you start meetings, phone calls, apologies, birthday toasts, jam sessions? What's the point? You can invoke the higher powers and the human spirit without anyone knowing you're being all mojo cosmic. You can recite your company's mission statement or Hedgehog, read a Rumi poem, read a fresh inspirational quote or very simply state: "We're here to give our best, where shall we begin?"

The point is that intention is everything. What's declared is more likely to become real. Begin clear, and dare to be grand.

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  • I read this when it posted and thought- yeah, cool. right on. But over the last few days I keep coming back to it. I sat at a meeting last night in a room full of brilliant people and it never got officially started and nothing focused for 45 minutes and then when it was time to stop we hadn't gotten through all of our work. All I could think-damn we didn't have an invocation.
  • You made me think of Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in the ground-breaking '80s police show Hill Street Blues. He would end every rowdy morning roll-call with the immortal invocation "Let's roll... and let's be careful out there."
  • I remember those words well. Thank you for making the opaque transparent, for guiding us all thoughtfully, for daring us all to be grand.
  • Everywhere I go today, I find gems of wisdom that perfectly fit the empty spaces in my brain. Thank you for the reminder of the importance of intention, not just at the beginning of the story, but with each step, through to the end. And I love your invocation - very inspiring!
  • I appreciate the validation of this idea. I use intention statements with our volunteer staff during our "Lovefest" before every event that we produce. Not everyone is into it, but I think it makes a significant impact on the energy we carry into the community.
  • "Begin clear, and dare to be grand."
    Thank you, Danielle, for such awesome, powerful words.I'm on the brink of what I hope will be very positive things, both personally and professionally. Thanks for being a rockin', beautiful inspiration.
  • I also remember the way you opened our one on one Firestarter session - I can't recall your exact words, but I know I was crying immediately.
    This is such a powerful reminder of the importance of intention - not just setting it, but expressing it, committing to it. Thank you.
  • In 'Truth or Dare' Madonna said a prayer with all of her fellow performers; holding hands in a circle. (backstage before every show) I thought that was incredible. It solidified her team. Connected them. And then the lights went up and the magic began. I loved that.
  • You opened my Fire Starter session that way -- and as you have said in various ways and forums since then, there is power in focusing. And even that is an understatement. Intent is the origin, and when we're laser sharp in knowing what our intent is, and working/living/breathing toward it, it is miraculous what lines up. It's tempting to say it's magic. Yeah, there's definitely some of that in there too.

    I am still, some 10 months after my session with you, seeing tangible manifestations of your/our intentional, focused time together. (Your one "breakthrough" term, creative studio, opened a floodgate. If you had told me nothing else, that one redefining name has been worth thousands.) Since then I have thought/said/done/begun/achieved/received things that make my spirit hum. (And I'm just getting started!)

    So yes. We need to ask the point of more (of everything!) we do and call it forth. Thanks and love and hippie beads to you! xoxo
  • LifeBlazing
    I invoke blessings unto the Creatrix of This Space: May her time, inspiration and coin-reward be multiplied exponentially!

    I further invoke blessings unto all Readers of This Space: May each and every gaze receive beaucoup success and speedy delivery of dreams!

    We're in this together. I get that, and send you all racing, emphatic manifestation of all that your precious heart has panted for.

    Danielle, I get the sense that The Empire has room for all :-) Deep thanks for growing, stretching and inspiring more and more. XOXO
  • oh yes...the Empire is boundless, baby!
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