Let’s Review….

It occurs to me that a regular visit to the elements of self growth is probably a good idea.

And since I am brimming with good ideas, I think that we should start with expectations, which come from your beliefs. So you may be asking; then why not start with beliefs? Ah, here's the thing—you do not always know what your true belief is. So that is the value of examining your expectations because that reveals your true belief.

You can fool yourself on your beliefs until it is time to take action, then its out there but you have to pay attention. Let me give you an example;

My friend, we shall call her Lana today, is a very kind soul and she decided to help out a former neighbor by giving him a place to stay for a few days. The second day he was there she noticed a pack of her cigarettes (yes, but we do not judge people here)  missing. When she asked him if he took a pack, he said yes, but he was going to replace them. She told him that he should have asked, and that she expected him to ask in the future. The next morning she went for a walk but before she left she counted the cigarettes in her pack and sure enough, when she got back one of them was gone. She expected him to take it and he did. Her belief was negative and the result was negative. In life there is no mulligan so we cannot prove that her belief/expectation was the cause of the result.

That is a small and somewhat unusual example but I know that if you really give it some thought you can see examples of people in your life that did exactly what you ‘expected’ them to do. Especially when the expectation was negative. I know people that ‘expect’  to be sick on important days, or to have car trouble. Ever hear the words (or say them) ‘I knew it……’ Ever hear of Murphy’s Law? That is a perfect example of negative expectations. You think its true because that is life instead of seeing that it is true because that is your belief. Your beliefs create your life. So start paying attention to what it is that you ‘expect’ every day.

I end this post with a quote;

You are the masterpiece of your own life; you are the Michelangelo of your experience. The David that you are sculpting is you. And you do it with your thoughts.

Joe Vitale