Expectations...............

Word of the Day...... Expectations.......n.,...the act or state of anticipation. This morning I think we should talk about expectations.....very broad subject and ever changing. We get up every morning with expectations for that day....good, bad or indifferent, we have them. What our expectations are for today aren't what we expect for tomorrow or the next day; therefore expectations vary and are hard to pinpoint. So I think we'll just talk about them as a rule. What do your expectations look like? HuH? You're thinking what the heck does that question mean? Well, what it means is this. Are they all huddled in a corner muttering to each other? "How does she expect me to happen?" What an idiot..I'll never do this." " Why would anybody think they can achieve this?" All your expectations grouped together, coffee mugs in hand cause it's early and they are grumbling about being failures before your day even begins. OR......are your expectations in a line....#1 HAS to happen first....this expectation stands tall and firm....#2 stands almost as rigidly arms stiffly at its side....#3 maybe isn't quite so inflexible.....#4 might be lounging around, sipping a Sonic coke, pretty sure it's never gonna happen.....#5 is slumped over because this expectation knows the line is too long for it to ever make the front.....#6 is taking a nap(need I explain this?). Here's the deal.....if your expectations for the hour, day, week, month are so very stiff that they MUST be achieved in order, then I'm not sure you'll ever get past the first couple of them. Or you are so sure, you'll never achieve them, that they are all sipping coffee, knowing they'll never be put into play. Life is about expectations.....well,life is about many many things, but expectations are some. How you predict and manage your hopes, I think puts either a positive or negative spin on your days. I don't know about you, but my day rarely goes as planned, so that line of expectations might as well be not quite so rigid. But neither should your expectations sideline you before you get started. Let's meet in the middle....let's have those expectations, those intentions, those outlooks. Let's work toward them every day, but let's also allow a little change, flexibility, elasticity not to completely shut us down. Let's hand our expectations their early morning Starbucks coffee just the way they like it so they can be positive, excited and fruitful. Big or small, expectations are a part of your life. Make them work FOR you...not AGAINST you.