1. Expect ‘Nothing’!
April 20, 2010
...and youʼll never be disappointed! Frustration, let
downs, and hurts, happen when one anticipates any
thing desired with ʻexpectationʼ. All over the world
frustration is a constant ʻdis-easeʼ of the mind rarely
not from expectations that people are attached to or banking on. All over America,
ʻexpectation casinoʼsʼ are flourishing for the false ʻhopersʼ that pile into cars hoping to
change their lives.
The ʻcasinosʼ are the new churches. Check out the filled casino parking lots on Sunday
morning at these havens for the the lonely, hopeful! At the same time, millions of people
dressed in Sunday fineries sit in ʻholy housesʼ praying to a ʻdeityʼ that they couldnʼt
begin to define if their life depended on it. From expecting ʻmiraclesʼ to change their
lives, that rarely if ever come, but for the endless trains of disappointments
filling days, months, and years, there is only frustration.
All that energy taxing the mind and heart could better be put to
being in the moment, and making the best of it. There is little
substitute for not counting ones ʻchickens before they hatchʼ or
ʻputting all oneʼs marbles in one placeʼ, than that we are blessed
with a mind that can access common sense. Common sense has
the ability to find within, itʼs capacity to detach from all
expectations. Common sense prepares for the best outcome
while expecting nothing but the experience that unfolds and how
best to accept it. Always itʼs a wise plan to have ʻPlan A; plan B;
plan C, and perhaps ʻno planʼ!
A shadow is always following expectation appearing as hurt and
frustration. Everything we do, we do with expectations. If I love someone, an
expectation enters without my even knowing it. I begin to expect love in return.
Ironically, few ever love themselves first let alone expecting someone else to give love
who likely doesnʼt really love themselves. Expecting love from someone will make love
more difficult to flow back to you. The expectation will cause the other to feel an
obligation or bondage of duty which will cancel any real love.
Seek with the notion that existence will provide answers that challenge any
expectations. Find comfort in the love within that needs no expectation, but an open
heart and mind to see and feel.
! Yesss Self Love Center
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