I'm continually hearing people say, that they don't expect anything good will happen to them. I read statements on Facebook with amazing regularity that proclaim that in the present economic climate we should not expect to do well. My friend, this type of thinking is an extreme form of negativity and can only result in failure in a person's life. Dr. Denis Waitley in his bestseller "The Psychology of Winning" states quite clearly that we get in life not what we idly hope for, but what we expect, so, there's no doubt about it whatsoever as today's title states it, expectancy is the key to what in the end actually materializes in a person's life. And of course this can bring about positive or negative results for people.
In other words, if you expect something terrible to happen, in all probability it will; for example, many who perhaps focus their thoughts on the fact that a parent or close relative died from cancer. Now because of this, this person starts to get obsessed with thoughts that maybe cancer is in her genes, in her DNA and thus starts to expect that she will likewise get cancer; now in all probability she will. In James Allen's book "As A Man Thinketh" he states in the chapter dealing with "The Effect of Thought on The Health of The Body' the following "Those who live in fear of disease get it".
My friend, that's a very powerful and alas absolutely true statement which we all need to take due note of. This concept that I'm dealing with here today is stated over and over again in many spiritual texts, like for instance in the Bible where it states quite clearly that "As a person thinks so are they". So there's no doubt about it, expectancy is the key to everything in our life.
So my friend, what are you expecting to happen today, this week, this month, this year in all aspects of your life? This really is something worth thinking about, isn't it? You bet it is! At the beginning of each day as you participate in your morning meditation and prayer time you need to cultivate an attitude of positive expectancy for the upcoming day ahead.
Don't listen to the negativity of others, and watch as little news as possible on television as it can have a very negative effect on our overall consciousness, which could indeed result in us starting to expect the worst. So in a nutshell, consistently expect the very best to happen to you, and believe me, you'll get exactly what you expect.
o Think about it!
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