Set your intention - 2010

New year. New Decade. As I sit here thinking what 2010 intention should be, I realize my heart is not open. In Anusara yoga, before every practice the instructor tells us to "set your intention and open your heart". I never really thought deep about it until now. Simply setting my intention won't work if I don't open my heart to welcome whatever the universe sends my way. At the turn of the last decade, I set my intention to quit smoking and even set a date for that. It was December 31, 1999. My doctor had told me I had to be off the cigarettes for at least 1 year before getting pregnant. That was the fuel necessary to make me stick with the decision. My daughter was born in 2003. The next goal seemed like it would never happen, but it was finalized in 2005. There were bumps on the road, but I can't even remember them now. My point is, of course this next decade and goals seem hard to achieve, but anything is possible when we have a little faith...