I think that it would be logical for one to assume that Being, in its original intent to create, did not do so with timidity and must have known, with some certainty, that its choice to create would bear fruit. Given that we are offspring of that choice, on some very deep level we, like Being, expect that all of our choices will bear the fruit of our intent. If that initial intent – manifested in the energy of Becoming – is our source, how then could we not reflect it? Yet the physical world in which we live requires a certain kind of effort in order to have an impact on it. It is said, as described by “gross, subtle, causal”, that it is more “dense” that other layers. Whatever the difference may be, it is clear that once we arrive here we have to familiarize ourselves with the nuances of how energy works in this particular place. In addition, we are competing in this world with others who are just as connected to Being, and who are also intentional about the outcomes of their choices.
Here I will again point to Steve McIntosh’s quote that I used earlier in “Choice and Appreciation”:
“What does a universe of existential perfection do for an encore? It transcends itself through the development of creatures who can experience becoming perfect in time. That is, to achieve evolutionary perfection freely by choice, by effort, and even occasionally struggle, is to create an aspect of reality that did not exist in the state of existential perfection that we recognize as prevailing in the universe prior to the Big Bang.”
Our experience of “becoming perfect in time” evolves out of our choices of what we see as perfect in the place where we happen to find ourselves. So in each moment, we are making a choice with the intent that it will lead towards something more perfect than what exists in our experience right now. That choice may be anything from what to have for dinner, to buying a house or ending a war. Each involves a choice or series of choices. Often what we choose does not come to fruition. A pitcher and a batter have exactly the opposite intentions. A store may be out of just that item that you specifically went there to buy. What you intended to eat for lunch may have been consumed by someone else in the house. There are innumerable choices and outcomes every single day. How we react to these unfulfilled intentions varies depending on our mood, the amount of energy we’ve exerted toward its completion, and likely a whole host of less perceptible impulses, derived from other underlying preferences. But in each and every instance, the frequency of that intent is interrupted so that there is some experience of energetic dissonance as that frequency is disrupted in some fashion.
I wonder if the repeated blunting of our intent generates a familiarity with that particular type of dissonance. Familiarity will cause us to name it, and that act of naming gives us the ability to more readily recall the experience and thus process it into a habit. Like all habits, we become able to call it forth easily at any time. I think that as a young child it was solely the experience of energetic dissonance that we did not like and was on some level instinctually “not preferred”. In looking at my own experience I’d say that it when I was not able to fulfill my intention, that dissonance would, over time, devolved into irritation, then frustration, followed by resignation and finally cynicism. So it seems to me that these types of feelings may often be initiated by the interruption of an intended outcome that we, as aspects of Becoming, energetically expected to happen, but were blunted or diverted in some way. This process is likely occurring simultaneously on multiple experiential levels. 
The suppression of perhaps many layers of intent generates a residue, which we sense as an underlying unease. Internal statements like, “That will never happen”, “It’s hopeless” or “I’ll never get it all done” are representations of this energy. This can lead us to resisting an impulse to act upon ideas or inspirations that come to us, as we don’t want to run the risk of failure, and the resulting disappointment that would presence the direct experience of the dissonance we are trying to avoid.
I think that much of Becoming’s broader intent for the planet, manifesting through us, is being suppressed by our allowing “failures” dominate our energetic patterns to the point where inspiration itself is transmuted into the energy of cynicism. That then acts as a braking mechanism. I do want to distinguish the difference between a healthy skepticism and cynicism. There is an energetic difference between the dispassionate statement “How will that work?” and “How the hell is THAT going to work?” One is an honest inquiry and the other is intended to suppress or make fun of an idea. That energy of cynicism mutes both our creative natures and our ability to delight in those creations
So perhaps, all we need to do to reverse this trend is to consciously train our minds to notice cynical thinking and thoughts of resignation. Once we can sense their suppressing energy and disengage with that habit, we will be able to let go of those thoughts until the natural force of our submerged intentions re-emerge as natural imagination and inspiration. We can then actively attend to their manifestation and appreciation, which is what we are here to do.