We Affect the World Around Us
Posted: Friday, October 09, 2009
by Sarah DeSimone
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Over and over again, it has been proven that our thoughts have an effect on the world. Just look at the studies about the power of prayer. Just look at Masaru Emoto: Messages From Water. In both cases, a group of people focusing their intentions on creating a specific event caused a measurable effect on the physical world. So as we move through life, our thoughts have an effect on the reality that unfolds in front of us. Our expectations can actually change the outcome of a particular situation.
Expecting love should be an automatic thing. Just like I expect that a red traffic light will turn green, I expect that everyone I come in contact with will treat me with love and respect as best that they can.
Expecting love is different from accepting love when it happens. Accepting love makes it sounds like a fluke, like it's a lucky accident. That's not right. We expect it or we don't expect it. This is an expectation that borders on a demand. I demand that the world treat me with love, dignity and respect.
Some people will call me naive. I'm much too young to realize the dangers of the world, all the horrible things that happen every day. They say I don't understand the way the world works. Well, I ask you: If my expectations have an effect on the outcome of my day, and I expect that the people I meet are untrustworthy or out to do me harmwhat kind of reality do you think will happen to me?
Many of my friends feel that they need to protect themselves. You can't say too much, or people will take advantage of you. People will be jealous or cruel when they find your weak spots. That's what they expect. So that is what happens. So why are people so emotionally devastated when the people they expect to betray, desert or disappoint them, actually do?
I always try to expect the best from people. And I can honestly say, I have never been betrayed, I have never been taken for a ride, and I have never been disrespected. And when there is a problem, I know that I am the one to blame. I can trace the problem back to me not expecting that the co-worker or the cashier or the relative or whomever I'm dealing with will treat me with love.
See, the trick is, when you expect that people will approach you with love, you approach them with love. And love begets love. Every time.
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