Expectation VS Hope

"[Loosen] up your life enough to be ready for interruptions. 

Don't structure your days so rigidly that you lock out God 

from working with you in the middle of them." 

— Christine Caine (Undaunted: Daring to Do What God Calls You to Do)

The other day, I got to hear Christine Caine talk. She was very passionate and straight forward. Her message was amazing. "See beyond what you can see. See what God sees".

When you have a dream or goal, you hope that that's going to manifest. And when your hope gets higher and stronger, it could turn into "expectation". You starts to expect that that's going to happen. Does that sound like you?! You have a certain expectation to the outcome which you're usually not in charge of. Some people, including myself, might confuse one to the other. As the Law of Attraction states "act as if it has already happened". How does that different from having expectation?! The answer is that the idea/behavior "acting as if it already happened" would not focus on the fact that it actually hasn't happened. On the other hand, when you are "expecting" a certain outcome, your focus is still on the "lack of " the outcome you want. Make sense?! As I was going to write this blog, I saw this.

Have

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According to Wikipedia, 

Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation"

expectation is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief that is centered on the future, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives rise to the emotion of disappointment. If something happens that is not at all expected, it is a surprise. 

I am still confused with these definitions. Even Shakespeare, again WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE!,  said that "Expectation is the root of all heartache". An article I read used the example of a pregnant female. When you hope to get pregnant and when you are expecting are different. Completely different! 

Believe in the positive outcome, but don't expect anything to happen according to your vision or the way you want things to happen. Because it won't. I haven't been approaching things in a right way for the longest time! No wonder, it ended up in disappointment!!! It's not easy NOT to expect what you want. We're all human beings, we all have ego. The sooner we let go the ego, the happier you get. 

God has a bigger and better plan for us. It all happens in HIS timeline, not ours. HOPE and not EXPECT. ACCEPT, not EXPECT. Then you won't be disappointed, or be discouraged, or be devastated even. GOD is in work. HE is working his miracles through you. Let him do his work. 

Love,