If you asked me a few years ago about my romantic life, I could tell you that I would not be able to find real love in my life because I was too much complicate or too much free to find someone that matches my life. Today, I am in a perfect relationship with the love of my life, who accepts me like I am and we are very happy and free together, the relationship flows like a summer breeze so this definitely surpassed my expectations in my life.
I definitely did not have expectations. My parents had expectations of us (my siblings) to go to college which I did. I got an associates degree but never felt like I excelled in school. When I was 50 I went back to school and got a HR certificate in HR Management and received high grades in all of the classes. However, raising children mostly on my own has been very rewarding and now my son at age 30 is making 6 figures. To me life has been a series of chapters, each chapter has had its ups and downs. I am in a good place right now in my life minus my daughter’s current challenges but for the most part I have pushed thru any of my own hardships and came out in a better way.
Like Charlie T. stated, I guess I really did not expect much nor was I taught to expect much. I am rather surprised however, that here I am now pretty much all alone with my family in Heaven & my support system, my touchstones all gone in the last 18 months. I have lost so much in my life.
Over the years I have tried to work hard on having no expectations, as time & time again I have been disappointed, bewildered by my expectations not coming to fruition. It saddened me & angered me. So, over time I have worked hard on expecting nothing. With that having been said I do feel very blessed & am grateful for all I have been given. My blessings are many. I just did not expect to be all alone. I am not lonely, I am alone. I have no expectations & that is okay.
I don’t really know what to expect. The daily unfolding is an incredible experience, even on the seemly dullest days. There is an intensity to this life energy that is difficult to describe, but as awareness of it has increased, so too is the fullness of that experience. Life and the life energy truly is a divine experience.
“Expectations” is a loaded word for me. I have been known to get an expectation of how things “should be” so firmly planted in my mind, that I cause myself a lot of anxiety, depression, and overall discontent when things don’t turn out the way I envisioned. I have made progress over the years of my journey in letting things be what they are, radical acceptance being a key to this growth. It doesn’t mean that I never fall back into that “trap” of expectations but I’d like to believe that with awareness I go through my days with more ease.
That being said, as a young woman who struggled with infertility, I didn’t expect that God would bless me with 2 daughters…11 years apart! I certainly was not expecting that to happen and I am grateful every day that they are here, against all odds and by the grace of God.
I also did not expect, after 65 years living on the east coast, that we would be here in Colorado to live out the rest of our days in this beautiful landscape (even though land-locked…I miss the beach!) with our little family all together again at last.
I embrace the miracle-and mystery-of each new day and surrender my expectations to the greater plan…so much more than I could ever ask or imagine.
~Blessings 🙏
Greetings to my friend Diane on this Prayer Tuesday! I hope that your road trip was a good adventure for you and your family. Wishing you all many blessings. I am off to the beach later today. At the moment it is pretty calm outside, with even colder weather predicted for the rest of the week. I never thought I’d be visiting the beach in early March! Carpe Diem!
Good morning Pilgrim….we did indeed have quite the adventures on our road trip. Everywhere we went there was evidence of God’s abundant Presence and loving creativity in providing us with his magnificent Creation. From the desert to the mountains to the plains….it was a gift to be experiencing it all.
We returned home to much colder weather and ferocious winds but were grateful for the perfect travel weather we had each day. I am tickled that you are going to the beach in March! Carpe Diem indeed!
The daily reflections I receive from Richard Rohr’s site are this week on “pilgrimage” I couldn’t help but think of you.
Here is an excerpt:
“The Spirit yearns to break out and to break open our old practices, our protective shells of comfortable spirituality, connecting our inner selves more deeply to God’s love and to God’s world. Your soul no longer stays still. It’s moving with God in the world, and moving toward God, revealed in signs or shrines or saints or surroundings. The pilgrim’s walking body holds incarnate this inner journey of the soul.”
~Grateful to be on this “pilgrimage” with you my friend. 🙏
My entire life is better than I had ever hoped for. When my mother died when I was 14- I thought that my world had ended. I was the only child of my Mom and she was my everything. My father was a good man…but consumed by alcohol. When she died…I had no idea of what would become of me. I had some difficulties but don’t we all. I managed to finish high school…work, save money, get a scholarship to Nursing School…and have a good life. Years later, I would return to school, get my BS, MS and Ph.D. Neither of my parents ever finished primary school!! At the age of 52 I got married and I am blessed with a wonderful husband, and a very special home, my dog and cats…our land…God has been abundantly good to me. I worked hard and was given little…but God gave me the tools to go on.
Thank you All for your messages regarding my message, I cannot tell you how special you all are…You are so kind and to hear from you just makes my heart sing! Thank you.
Thank you for your inspirational message, Nannette. You’ve done great! I, too, married late in life (46) and it has far exceeded my expectations, which, admittedly were very low. It is a blessing to have someone to grow old with.
When I became bedbound 20 years ago my expectations of my life were so dismal I really did not want to carry on. But instead of giving up I took refuge in spiritual books and learned mindfulness, meditation and, thanks to this website, gratefulness. So the level of happiness and contentment I experience now has certainly surpassed the expectations I had all those years ago.
What has surpassed my expectations in life? I find this question troubling because I think of Life as process not product. I am Life as is all of creation and I don’t think I’m here to perform. I’m here to grow in awareness. I hope that I and my species choose to evolve, to truly be the bread of life for the sake of all of creation but if we don’t, the gains that have been made by our species in the field of science tell me that Life will find a way.
The joy of being a mother and grandmother. Good friends. The work/ministry I have been blessed to be a part of. Now living in a place I had long wanted to live.
Love has exceeded my expectations, greatly. Love helps me to feel good, about myself, and about others. Love gifts me a focus to write, writing is my closest companion.
I am not sure I expected anything from life, growing up in he sixties, but I have had good fortune that this life has manifested for myself and my loved ones.
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If you asked me a few years ago about my romantic life, I could tell you that I would not be able to find real love in my life because I was too much complicate or too much free to find someone that matches my life. Today, I am in a perfect relationship with the love of my life, who accepts me like I am and we are very happy and free together, the relationship flows like a summer breeze so this definitely surpassed my expectations in my life.
I definitely did not have expectations. My parents had expectations of us (my siblings) to go to college which I did. I got an associates degree but never felt like I excelled in school. When I was 50 I went back to school and got a HR certificate in HR Management and received high grades in all of the classes. However, raising children mostly on my own has been very rewarding and now my son at age 30 is making 6 figures. To me life has been a series of chapters, each chapter has had its ups and downs. I am in a good place right now in my life minus my daughter’s current challenges but for the most part I have pushed thru any of my own hardships and came out in a better way.
Loving kindness and peace to you and your daughter Robin Ann.
Like Charlie T. stated, I guess I really did not expect much nor was I taught to expect much. I am rather surprised however, that here I am now pretty much all alone with my family in Heaven & my support system, my touchstones all gone in the last 18 months. I have lost so much in my life.
Over the years I have tried to work hard on having no expectations, as time & time again I have been disappointed, bewildered by my expectations not coming to fruition. It saddened me & angered me. So, over time I have worked hard on expecting nothing. With that having been said I do feel very blessed & am grateful for all I have been given. My blessings are many. I just did not expect to be all alone. I am not lonely, I am alone. I have no expectations & that is okay.
I have and still do spend a great deal of time alone PKR. Yes, there is a difference from being lonely and being alone.
I don’t really know what to expect. The daily unfolding is an incredible experience, even on the seemly dullest days. There is an intensity to this life energy that is difficult to describe, but as awareness of it has increased, so too is the fullness of that experience. Life and the life energy truly is a divine experience.
“Expectations” is a loaded word for me. I have been known to get an expectation of how things “should be” so firmly planted in my mind, that I cause myself a lot of anxiety, depression, and overall discontent when things don’t turn out the way I envisioned. I have made progress over the years of my journey in letting things be what they are, radical acceptance being a key to this growth. It doesn’t mean that I never fall back into that “trap” of expectations but I’d like to believe that with awareness I go through my days with more ease.
That being said, as a young woman who struggled with infertility, I didn’t expect that God would bless me with 2 daughters…11 years apart! I certainly was not expecting that to happen and I am grateful every day that they are here, against all odds and by the grace of God.
I also did not expect, after 65 years living on the east coast, that we would be here in Colorado to live out the rest of our days in this beautiful landscape (even though land-locked…I miss the beach!) with our little family all together again at last.
I embrace the miracle-and mystery-of each new day and surrender my expectations to the greater plan…so much more than I could ever ask or imagine.
~Blessings 🙏
Greetings to my friend Diane on this Prayer Tuesday! I hope that your road trip was a good adventure for you and your family. Wishing you all many blessings. I am off to the beach later today. At the moment it is pretty calm outside, with even colder weather predicted for the rest of the week. I never thought I’d be visiting the beach in early March! Carpe Diem!
Good morning Pilgrim….we did indeed have quite the adventures on our road trip. Everywhere we went there was evidence of God’s abundant Presence and loving creativity in providing us with his magnificent Creation. From the desert to the mountains to the plains….it was a gift to be experiencing it all.
We returned home to much colder weather and ferocious winds but were grateful for the perfect travel weather we had each day. I am tickled that you are going to the beach in March! Carpe Diem indeed!
The daily reflections I receive from Richard Rohr’s site are this week on “pilgrimage” I couldn’t help but think of you.
Here is an excerpt:
“The Spirit yearns to break out and to break open our old practices, our protective shells of comfortable spirituality, connecting our inner selves more deeply to God’s love and to God’s world. Your soul no longer stays still. It’s moving with God in the world, and moving toward God, revealed in signs or shrines or saints or surroundings. The pilgrim’s walking body holds incarnate this inner journey of the soul.”
~Grateful to be on this “pilgrimage” with you my friend. 🙏
Diane, Richard Rohr has been influencing my life journey for over 30 years. Love his daily meditations.
My entire life is better than I had ever hoped for. When my mother died when I was 14- I thought that my world had ended. I was the only child of my Mom and she was my everything. My father was a good man…but consumed by alcohol. When she died…I had no idea of what would become of me. I had some difficulties but don’t we all. I managed to finish high school…work, save money, get a scholarship to Nursing School…and have a good life. Years later, I would return to school, get my BS, MS and Ph.D. Neither of my parents ever finished primary school!! At the age of 52 I got married and I am blessed with a wonderful husband, and a very special home, my dog and cats…our land…God has been abundantly good to me. I worked hard and was given little…but God gave me the tools to go on.
Thank you All for your messages regarding my message, I cannot tell you how special you all are…You are so kind and to hear from you just makes my heart sing! Thank you.
Dear Nannette, May Peace and Love continue to follow you and yours.
Thank you for your inspirational message, Nannette. You’ve done great! I, too, married late in life (46) and it has far exceeded my expectations, which, admittedly were very low. It is a blessing to have someone to grow old with.
Nannette, what a story. Thank you for sharing your inspiring life story. Your attitude is absolutely beautiful. Blessings & Love to You.✨🙏🏻💜
You’ve had quite a journey Nannette….thank you for sharing it with us. You are an inspiration.
A life well lived, blessings to you!
Life in general, has surpassed my
expectations. But then again, I
never expected much.
When I became bedbound 20 years ago my expectations of my life were so dismal I really did not want to carry on. But instead of giving up I took refuge in spiritual books and learned mindfulness, meditation and, thanks to this website, gratefulness. So the level of happiness and contentment I experience now has certainly surpassed the expectations I had all those years ago.
You are such an inspiration, Butterfly!!! Bless you. 💖
Dear Butterfly…thank you for sharing. Living with chronic illness has, over time, brought me unexpected blessings as well.
~May you continue on your journey with all the happiness and contentment your heart can hold. 🙏
Being an octogenarian!
Being married 54 years!
Enjoying long time friends!
A great place to shelter.
Abundance of food.
Surrounded by nature!
That everything always works out for the highest good. I am so abundantly blessed! Wishing everyone a beautiful day. Love and peace to all 🧘♀️🌈
What has surpassed my expectations in life? I find this question troubling because I think of Life as process not product. I am Life as is all of creation and I don’t think I’m here to perform. I’m here to grow in awareness. I hope that I and my species choose to evolve, to truly be the bread of life for the sake of all of creation but if we don’t, the gains that have been made by our species in the field of science tell me that Life will find a way.
The joy of being a mother and grandmother. Good friends. The work/ministry I have been blessed to be a part of. Now living in a place I had long wanted to live.
Love has exceeded my expectations, greatly. Love helps me to feel good, about myself, and about others. Love gifts me a focus to write, writing is my closest companion.
I am not sure I expected anything from life, growing up in he sixties, but I have had good fortune that this life has manifested for myself and my loved ones.