| Expectation is a source of excitement. Without it the | | | | the snickers and jeers when she steps onto the |
| future can seem bleak and hopeless; and with | | | | stage. In each example, they could have given in to |
| hopelessness comes despair. When people have been | | | | resignation, but that just wasn't an option. They |
| disappointed time and time again, it can be difficult to | | | | expected--some way, somehow--to win in the end. |
| expect anything good to happen and, after a while, it | | | | It is rare for people to advance beyond their own |
| can cause them to have a cynical outlook of the | | | | expectation, but once they've tasted success or |
| future. They stop dreaming and allow opportunities to | | | | have an inner confidence that they can possess what |
| pass in order to avoid the anguish of the moment. | | | | they desire, they become unflappable. |
| That's just one scenario. Some people have low, or | | | | If you set a goal to lose weight, you begin to |
| no, expectations because of how they view | | | | visualize yourself in a certain size or outfit. You might |
| themselves--not good enough, smart enough, pretty | | | | even post a picture on your refrigerator for |
| enough, popular enough, talented enough--you name | | | | motivation. You get excited with every pound you |
| it. A lack of expectation creates an atmosphere of | | | | shed. Your focus on the results keeps you |
| self-resignation. It can become a self-fulfilling | | | | motivated, although the process might be grueling. |
| prophesy. | | | | With power and determination you can possess |
| Regardless of the risk, there are some things that | | | | something you didn't think you could. |
| are worth gambling on. A couple continues to expect | | | | Let expectation empower you. Let is fuel your mind, |
| a child after several miscarriages or infertility. Against | | | | body, soul and spirit. Understand that it's not magic, |
| the advice of his doctor, an athlete is eager to play in | | | | but it is attitude and affirmations in conjunctions with |
| the big game. A business person starts a new | | | | preparation, an action plan, vision and effort. There |
| business after two failed attempts in the past. A 47 | | | | are laws of nature, business and spirituality, among |
| year old "spinster" rises to the occasion and belts out | | | | others, that will shape your future. Expect the best |
| a powerful rendition of "I Dream a Dream" in spite of | | | | and the best will happen. |