The Power of Intention

On October 18, 2008 I picked up my dear friend Bill Rosen to attend the Barack Obama Rally at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. We set the intention that we were going to get right up front to the stage, we were going to speak to Barack Obama and he was going to speak to us.

We arrived at 12:15 knowing the gates would not open until 4pm. As we sat on my blanket in our place in line I began reading the book I brought with me to pass the time, Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, the Power of Intention.

The gates opened early and Bill and I made a bee-line towards the metal detectors. We passed through and got a place right at the fence area around the stage, less than 10 feet.

Barack came on stage around 6pm and spoke for about 30 minutes. He then came down the stairs and walked right over to us. Bill and I both shook his hand, said thank you to him and he looked us straight in the eye and said "your welcome" . Every intention was met. But we got a bonus. We were told that he would be signing books. Most people handed over Barack's books Dreams for My Father, and Audacity if Hope. I did not have these books, but I did have the Power of Intention. I handed them the book and it came back with Barack's signature.

Not only is the signature a testimonial to the power of intention, but it came at a moment when you could see evidence of intention not only in Barack but in the sea of 75,000 people who flocked from Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, and drove from parts of Missouri that were 2 and 3 hours away to be inspired during a time of greatness.