More proof of the Power of Intention occurred this week in San Diego, when someone dressed as Gumby tried to rob a 7-Eleven.
(“The Power of Intention is connected with the Law of Attraction, which says you attract what you emit in life. Walk around angry and you’ll attract a lot of pissed-off people. Walk around dressed like Gumby and you’ll attract, I don’t know, Bugs Bunny.)
Gumby, you’ll recall, was a green, three-dimensional cartoon character from the 1960s. He was like a stick of gum with arms and legs, and he had an orange horse named Pokey.
So Gumby pops into a 7-Eleven in the wee hours of a Monday morning. He’s animated, with his arms flailing around, and he’s accompanied by a normal-looking guy in a baseball cap.
He announces his intention to rob the place. We don’t know what he said. Gimme all the green stuff, maybe.
This is California, of course, so the cashier remains pretty calm.
“You don’t think it’s a robbery? Let me show you my gun,’” said Gumby. (This according to a police detective who investigated.)
Gumby reaches into his pocket, or whatever he calls it, but his oversized hands won’t fit. By this time, the accomplice has bailed. He’s back in the getaway car, a minivan, honking for Gumby to give it up.
Which he does, and the two of them drive off.
No money was taken. In fact, Gumby dropped 26 cents on the floor, which he didn’t bother to pick up.
The cashier wasn’t even sure he should it was a robbery. But the next morning, he told his boss, who called the police. The whole thing was caught on video.
But back to the Power of Intention. It says basically that when you’re doing something, you should think about doing it. If you’re neurosurgeon doing a delicate incision inside someone’s skull, don’t be pondering where all the good new shortstops might come from.
Keep your mind on your work.
Now suppose you’re heading out to stick up a convenience store. One could argue that very idea of wearing a Gumby suit is not a good one. Even if you’ve already got it on. Granted this is California. But maybe you should take five minutes and change into something else.
Let’s suppose there was no time for that and Gumby had to get out the door. The bar was closing, or whatever.
So you show up at the store ready to rock. But the clerk questions your resolve. You reach for the gun and, whoops! Hey this pocket…is too…tight!
If you’re out there, Gumby, just a few words of advice. Think ahead dude Might even want to rehearse the whole act in the mirror a time or two.