I used to not pay atention all the time and atribute everything to coincidence myself,but after god slaping me around for years i decided to take a moment and think about things.suddenly concepts like the power of intention,faith,karma, didn't seem all that wack to me.although i do believe it has to do more with decision than intention.people will often have contradictions,they don't really know what they want,so u can't really talk about the power of intention untill u've decided what it really is that u want.