Expectancy
| Category: Personal Development For Marketeers | Date: 2001-03-12 |
You don’t always get what you want, but you almost always get what you expect.
Several years ago, a small Midwest farming community was experiencing a terrible drought. The leaders of the community called a prayer meeting in hope of everyone attending and holding a group prayer for rain. One man was in attendance with his small son. As everyone was praying, the small boy reached up and tugged his father’s shirt to ask, "Daddy, what is everyone doing?" The man explained that everyone was praying for rain and then went back to his prayer. The boy looked around for a few more minutes and was puzzled. He tugged again on his dads shirt and asked, "Daddy, if everyone is here to pray for rain, why didnt anyone bring an umbrella?"
Children expect things when they ask for them. And they usually get them. Most adults are more cynical and lack the expectancy of youngsters.
As I look back on my life, I certainly didn’t get everything I wanted (and when I think about some of the things I wanted, it’s probably a good thing). With rare exception, however, I got what I expected.
You might be saying there have been things you asked for and even expected but which you didn’t receive. If you think carefully about it, I think you’ll admit that at some level you did not really expect it. You wanted it. You may even have felt you deserved it, but some part of you always knew it was not to be.
Expectancy is real belief. When you sincerely believe, you’ll have what you ask for. Hope just doesn’t cut it. Belief and expectancy does. When you ask for something, build your belief and conviction that it is already yours, and you will most assuredly have it. You’ll attract it to you as certainly as light comes with the dawn.
About the author:
Michael Angier is the founder and president of Success Net, publishers of SUCCESS STRATEGIES and SUCCESS DIGEST. Success Net is a worldwide association committed to helping people become more knowledgeable, productive and effective. Their mission is to inform, inspire and empower people to be their best personally and professionally.
success@successnet.org
http://www.successnet.org/
Several years ago, a small Midwest farming community was experiencing a terrible drought. The leaders of the community called a prayer meeting in hope of everyone attending and holding a group prayer for rain. One man was in attendance with his small son. As everyone was praying, the small boy reached up and tugged his father’s shirt to ask, "Daddy, what is everyone doing?" The man explained that everyone was praying for rain and then went back to his prayer. The boy looked around for a few more minutes and was puzzled. He tugged again on his dads shirt and asked, "Daddy, if everyone is here to pray for rain, why didnt anyone bring an umbrella?"
Children expect things when they ask for them. And they usually get them. Most adults are more cynical and lack the expectancy of youngsters.
As I look back on my life, I certainly didn’t get everything I wanted (and when I think about some of the things I wanted, it’s probably a good thing). With rare exception, however, I got what I expected.
You might be saying there have been things you asked for and even expected but which you didn’t receive. If you think carefully about it, I think you’ll admit that at some level you did not really expect it. You wanted it. You may even have felt you deserved it, but some part of you always knew it was not to be.
Expectancy is real belief. When you sincerely believe, you’ll have what you ask for. Hope just doesn’t cut it. Belief and expectancy does. When you ask for something, build your belief and conviction that it is already yours, and you will most assuredly have it. You’ll attract it to you as certainly as light comes with the dawn.
About the author:
Michael Angier is the founder and president of Success Net, publishers of SUCCESS STRATEGIES and SUCCESS DIGEST. Success Net is a worldwide association committed to helping people become more knowledgeable, productive and effective. Their mission is to inform, inspire and empower people to be their best personally and professionally.
success@successnet.org
http://www.successnet.org/
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