The Real Truth About Expectations…

Expectations.  Oy vey!  That can feel like a heavy word.  Have you been burned in the past by your expectations?  I’m raising my hand!

We’ve been trained to repeat the equation that if we do X, then Y will happen.  We expect Y.  We rely on Y.  We put A LOT of energy into Y happening.

This equation works in some circumstances, but I would argue it does not and should not apply to everything.  What if Y doesn’t happen?  We get frustrated.  We get disappointed.  However, we end up repeating this cycle, over and over and over again, in various aspects of our life but never question the equation.  We put all of our eggs into the proverbial expectation basket.

Sometimes, if we repeat that equation to solve the same problem enough times and continue to get the same results, then…you got it!  We give up. In a way, we lose some trust in ourselves. 

I declare NO MORE.  You with me?  You may ask, though, if we have relied all of our lives on expectations, then how do we change that?

The journey, my friend.  Put all of your energy into living and breathing in the journey and not have the journey pass you by.  Whether or not “expectations” are met does not define us nor does it define the success of a journey nor negate the journey itself.  Because, you know what?  You will start to see changes you were not expecting when you focus on the journey and not the expectation.

Life is and should always be about the journey.

You got this!