Intentions

There's a verse in a hadeeth that goes: "Actions are done by intentions, and every man has that which he has intended. For he whose migration was for carrying out the just cause of God and His prophet, then that's the reason for his migration, and for He whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefits, or to get a woman in marriage, then his migration was for that which he's migrated for".

Intentions. Intention a force, embedded in the inner most core of the Will, that drives us towards doing the things we do. Except a person acts on his very impulsive instincts in which case he can be likened to an animal, then every other well thought, organised actions are as a result of the intention behind them. Even some impulsive actions when looked int in thoroughly, have some underlying intention as to why they are carried out. When we develop a strong intention to do something, like reading for example, it is just like you've done half of the work. When you get to the actual reading it is very likely that it would become much easier for you since it is something that has been in your mind for sometime, it could even trick the mind into believing that it isn't much of a task and you might even get motivated into getting it done with. My fellow students can relate very much to this. Intention is so strong and important in our daily lives that God said that:

"If anyone of you intend to do a good deed and he or she ended up not doing it as a result of unforeseen circumstance, then he or she shall earn a reward equal to that of the good deed he or she had intended to do. If a person intends doing a bad deed and he or she doesn't at the end of the day, then he or she shall earn a reward for not committing the bad deed."

Isn't our great God the Kindest and most Merciful God?

That's how strong and important our intentions are in the things we do. The above verse is saying that you say, sight a beggar from afar and immediately develop the intention of given him some money when you get to him but upon arrival, you find out that you don't have some change or the money you thought you had wasn't there after all, you will get a reward for developing the intention of doing a good deed. I repeat, isn't God wonderful?

Now let me ask you a question dear reader. Look into your life very well, your associations with people. Do you possess I'll-intentions towards them? You know for a person to possess ill-intentions towards a peeaon doesn't mean he acts rude towards them. An example is when a guy treats a girl very nicely, providing her with all the emotional (or financial) support she needs, not because he really cares but because he just wants to sleep with her. Such a person is already ill-intentioned from the start although he doesn't appear to be. Let's now say that when he finally gets fed up with doing everything for the girl without getting laid on return and then gets frustrated, he now attempts to rape her, now that's the buried intention coming out in the form of aggression, then he gets caught and taken to jail, no reward for fake good deeds from God, no reward of getting laid, and a soiled reputation. Even if he succeeded in raping her, that's his "reward" and it ended the moment he's done, but is that worth risking God's reward for?

From the above example, you realize that the guy eventually becomes frustrated for always treatimg the girl right without getting laid in return. That's to say that no matter how you try to mask your true intentions, either good or bad, they only find a way of manifesting themselves. The mind is not a joke.

From the little I understand about life, there are times we do things without intending to, like hurting a loved one without intending to. That's completely different. We make mistakes and that's fine. Only that we have to make sure not to slope again. I strongly believe that our intentions strongly influence our peace of mind. A person with good intentions has nothing to fear nor hide. A person with good intentions for himself and others is a happy person. In contrast to this, ill-intentioned people are always thinking for someway to execute their true plans without getting caught, disrupting their peace of mind in the process. They lie and lie their asses off until they have no option until they resort to their true colours, and then everyone sees them for what they really are.

Closing thoughts

As we can see, everything starts from the mind. The will. Our intentions. We should all try to cultivate good intentions in all we do. It will both save our and everyone else's time.

Thansk for reading my lovely people of readcash. I'm sorry for not being active for the past five days. I had three tests and I really had to prepare for them beforehand. I had biochemistry test, blood physiology test and embryology test. I wrote well guys😅. Thank you all for the constant support.

Yours Layly,

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