Great Expectations?

Today I want to share a story about a woman I know, her name is Jane and for most of her life she has struggled to make ends meet. A couple of years ago, when I first met her, she was doing no personal development at all. I introduced her to a few of the greats and she eagerly read everything I recommended. I wish I could say that she also incorporated the information into her life but that is not the case.

She would read it, she would say the right things and she would do all the exercises I recommended but the results just weren’t there. Things went from tight to dire when she lost her job and all she could find was temp jobs.

This had been going on for over two years. Every time we would talk she would say that she was keeping a positive attitude and knew everything would work out great, it was just taking God a bit of time to arrange it. I said that as long as her expectation was that it would work out in the future that is where her solution would stay-in the future.

Last week she called me and she was very excited. She said that the last time we talked she decided that the actions she had been taking hadn’t really worked so she would have to add something. She decided to start paying more attention to her surroundings while she was walking every day. Then, she said she started finding money on every walk, sometimes just a penny or two but sometimes a dollar and once she found a five dollar bill. She said, “Then it hit me like a ton of bricks; God had been trying to supply me but I just wasn’t seeing all of the opportunities all around me.” And that eventually led her to another thought; everyday she seemed to be finding more and more money and the reason she found that money was because she expected to find money and there it was. So she started expecting more and started getting more. Her part time business picked up enough that between her temp jobs and it, her income was enough to cover the bills and even put some money in the bank. So she started expecting even more and started getting even more; she found her dream job, an opportunity she had overlooked before, her relationships with her family improved and her health as well. She now says her life has never been better but she expects that it will continue to improve.

What could happen for you if you really started to expect more?