Post Written By Eugene Morgan
“Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.”— Richard Wilkins
Expectation
Acceptance With Fewer Disappointments
Post Written By Eugene Morgan
“Learn to accept rather than expect, and you’ll have far fewer disappointments.”— Unknown
When we accept things that we can’t control, then we no longer have to struggle but to embrace them. If we waste our time preoccupied with things we can’t change, then we lose on the opportunities to focus our energies on the things that we can control. When we focus on those things, then our expectations are suitable. The reason being, we know from our own experiences that we’re able to do certain things because we have an expectation in ourselves to do them. Our expectations lead us to disappointment when they’re too high. Acceptance is the first step to getting some satisfaction.
Expectations Too High
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If we’re constantly and easily disappointed about something, then that must mean that our expectations is too high. It is difficult for us to have a positive attitude when we have high expectations. But if we lower our expectations about things, then we can easily manage our lives without being affected by them. Also we have to accept that unexpected things are inevitable. However, expectation can prove useful if we use it to our advantage. If we’re hungry, then we all expect that when we eat something that our hunger pains will dissipate. If we’re tired, then we all expect that when we arise from bed after a goodnight sleep that we would feel rested. In the same way, if we expect to complete a goal, then it will happen.
No Failures…Just Experiences
Post Written By Eugene Morgan
“There are no failures. Just experiences and your reactions to them.”—Tom Krause
Failures are just our expectations not being met. When our standards are too high, it is inevitable we will fail to meet them. It is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. But, if we could lower our standards, then it would be possible to allow ourselves the room to make mistakes, to learn and make improvements from them. We don’t have to be so hard on ourselves that we don’t allow ourselves the luxury of failing while learning something new. We are not robots where every movement we make is with precision and every thought calculated. We are human beings that make our way through our experiences.
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Expectation Rules
Post Written By Eugene Morgan
We all can expect ourselves to do something. Expectation is a part of everyday life. When we fall asleep, we expect to wake up the next morning. We expect to put one foot in front of the other. When we sit in a chair, we expect to stand. When we chew our food, we expect to swallow. Expectation is powerful. Expectation can help us move mountains. Expectation means having confidence in ourselves to succeed. There is no room for doubt when we expect ourselves to do something. Expectation is seeing ourselves completing a task in the future. Expectation knowing that we can do what we do.
Expectation
Post Written By Eugene Morgan
Expectation is a belief that something will happen. If we expect failure then we will in our power fail. But if we expect to succeed, then we will in our power succeed. We have a lot of power we don’t know about or forgot about. We can just reach in our reserves and use the energy toward success. We will make mistakes. Part of the learning process is making mistakes. We expect a bird to fly. Expecting success is really about believing in our abilities in spite of fear. Expectation evokes feeling of encouragement in us. We’re encouraged to go for it and to know that we can have the confidence to plow through to make it.
But We Can Change Our Future
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There is nothing we can do about our past, but we can change our future. If we don’t like the way our life is going, then we can start making a change now. We don’t have to wait for change to come, instead we can make the initiative to change things now. Now is the best time to start a change, because if we start to change things tomorrow, tomorrow may turn into weeks, weeks may turn into months, months may turn into one year, one year may turn into two years, and so on. Two years could have been enough time do what’s needed to alter our future. The decisions we make now will influence our future. If we want to alter our future, then we must start meeting our goals we set for ourselves today.
When We Can Laugh At Our Imperfections
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We all have imperfections. And we can laugh at them if we wish. Nonetheless, we sometimes focus too much on our imperfections.
When we see a self-portrait of ourselves, all we see is imperfections. In some cases, we may even distort them to an extreme.
But what we see is a lot different from what the other person sees. Two people, seeing the same object, see two different things.
But when we can laugh at our imperfections, our ideation about what we think we should look like eclipses. Interestingly, what we care most about, when it comes to self-image, others care less about.
It’s really about changing our ideation about what we should look like.
Enjoy in the Process
Written by Eugene Morgan
“We learn our goals only in the process of getting there.” Milton Erickson
When setting our goals we tend to look at the product, instead of enjoying the process itself. Part of the process is about learning something new. Something about learning new things enriches our lives and keeps things refreshing—and, completing our goals is just the icing on the cake. The truth is, the process can get painful at times. But it’s the struggle that makes us stronger in the long run and makes that icing on the cake sweeter at the end. The process changes us for the better. It makes us better people
Treasure Chest of Happiness
Written by Eugene Morgan
“Leave a trail of happiness…and look forward to the days when you can look back,” Milton Erickson
Whatever we do to make us happy, we can collect and put them in our treasure chest. We can save them for later. When we have an investment of happiness, in our later years, we can look back. Our happy events in our lives are the past events that happened to us. When Erickson says to “look forward to the days,” he’s saying to us to anticipate recalling the happy times in our lives. So instead of us focusing on our regrets, he want us to focus on our collected memories of the happy events that took place early in our lives, because these events become powerful resources to our lives later when we especially need them as we age.