Letting go of expectations

Yesterday I wrote about asking for nothing in order to be open to receive everything. It is a difficult concept to hold onto even when we start out with the best intentions because sometimes what happens to us is we reach a place we never expected. And can't believe we got there. So we desperately expect to either remain there or to reach higher. And that’s where the problems start. Expectations kick in. And all we worry about is how do we remain or reach higher. Rather than being grateful for where we are.

Expectations come as a direct result of ego. They have us believing we should have something else rather than being grateful for what we have.

Expectations cause us to compare ourselves to others and envy what they have rather than being grateful for what we do have.

Expectations cause us to worry about what other people are doing rather than doing what we want. Doing what resonates with us.

Expectations cause us to judge rather than accept.

Expectations are so normal to us that we don’t realize it is expectations that drive us crazy. Make us move beyond our present moment to something that may be outside of our reach. Or to something that may not be good for us regardless of how good it is for everyone else.

We are all individuals operating from a connected spiritual base but we cannot all be the same, operate the same.

Each one of us has a talent for something and we are meant to explore that talent. To understand it and embrace it rather than worrying about someone else’s talent and trying to steal it from them. A word of advice: all we do when we do that is frustrate ourselves because we can be no one but who we are.

We are each here to learn our individual lesson. And when we get that lesson we are tested again and moved onto the next phase of our lives by the Universe. So there is no need to expect anything. All we need do is accept, be grateful and remain present with whatever is unfolding in our lives.

Expectations are driven from our egos. The quicker we learn to be grateful for who and what we are then we clear space in our mind, body and spirit to ask for nothing in order to be open to received everything. Namaste