"Let it Ride"

"Let it Ride"

Day Twenty-Two of the Self-love 31-day 5-minute challenge: Expectations.

A "BIG energy" expectations; we all have them, and they can rule over us if we let them. I believe the only way to avoid the dark side of expectations is to learn how to 'manage' our anticipation of people, places, and situations. An unfortunate Challenge of having high hopes; it can and does prevent us from enjoying the experience altogether.

Therefore, let's practice being open to life!

We are not going just to delete the idea of not having expectation(s), nor should we, having an idea, or wanting something in our lives and expecting it to turn out is natural, it gives us something to move towards. What causes the downside; is our attachment to the outcome. It can wallop us when we don't get the desired result. Most of us have experienced great disappoint at some point in our life.

When we hold steadfast to our ideas about how things need to turn out, we can't help but be disappointed, hurt and let down.

What can we do? We can practice having 'less' expectations, be open to more exploration, and trust the process, that life will throw us curve balls, people also what their way and situation don't always turn out the way we want!

But that doesn't and won't always change our disappointment. But if we can practice adopting a free-flowing attitude, and a knowing, that things don't always turn out the way we planned, we are meeting our expectations with an openness that allows us not to be so rigid and disappointed with our outcomes, but open to new opportunities.
This way of being affords us let judgments of ourselves and others.

There are amazing benefits practicing acceptance; most situations in our lives needs to be mindfully worked toward to set us free. Dolby Dharma

Today's Mantra: I Am open to unexpected outcomes!

“Expect the unexpected, believe in the unbelievable, and achieve the unachievable.” ~Ashley Fern