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Angel of
Positive Expectations
We all have many expectations about life and ourselves. Some are
positive and some are negative. Depending upon which we choose to
focus upon will determine what shall manifest in our lives.
When I first began working on the Angel Oracle my initial expectation
was that it would be slow going and a lot of work, even though I also
felt it would be very enjoyable. Then I felt someone tapping on my
shoulder and it was this Angel who had come to remind me that my
expectations would determine whether the writing flowed easily and
well or turned into a struggle. I had set up in my own mind all these
thought expectations that didn't need to be there. I was so focused on
what I didn't know that I was expecting to make it all so challenging
that I forgot to focus instead on the expectation that if I did what I
felt guided to do, the Universe would sort out all the other details.
When I shifted my expectations from negative to positive ones, indeed
everything flowed far better than I could have imagined!
Our expectations are important to be aware of because they do in part
determine what we tend to think about and focus upon. For example, if
someone is doing affirmations to improve their health yet also hold
the expectation that ill health is prevalent in their family and they
have expected to have problems with their own health because "that is
just the way it is" or it is "genetic", then their expectations will
cancel out the good their affirmations are doing. Expectations often
tend to lie just below the surface of our conscious thoughts where we
may be repeating them endlessly to ourselves without really
recognizing that we are doing so. Yet this Angel brings us the message
that if we sit and ask ourselves what our expectations truly are in
any area of life, they will immediately come bobbing up to the surface
of our conscious mind. Once they do, it is easy to create an
affirmation to shift the negative ones to positive expectations. It is
also important to note the positive expectations too that you may
focus on them more actively!
Right now sit quietly for a moment and ask this Angel to help you look
at some of your own expectations. Have a pen and paper handy so that
you may jot down any that come to mind. Don't worry about sorting them
into positive or negative ones at first, just write down any that come
to you. Once this feels complete then start to sort them into two
categories. Notice anything interesting? In areas where life is going
well for you it is likely you have a great many positive expectations.
In areas where there are challenges, there tends to be more negative
expectations. Now sit quietly again for a moment and ask the Angel of
Positive Expectations to show you where you first began to believe in
the negative expectations. Many probably stem from childhood when your
parents and other family members held these same sorts of
expectations. They appeared to be true for you too because that is
what your family experienced. Yet now you know that because they held
these expectations that this is what the Universe mirrored back to
them. This Angel can now help you to begin releasing these old
negative expectations through this understanding. And they are easy to
turn into positive ones. For example, in your family there may have
been the expectation that "life is hard". Look at what is opposite of
that: "Life is easy". These three simple words that can have a huge
impact on how you experience your daily life. You are now in process
of changing your expectation from one that says life is difficult to
an expectation that says life is easy. The more you remind yourself to
affirm that you have this new, positive expectation (and this Angel
will certainly support you in this process!) the easier and more
enjoyable your life will become. Your expectation of what life and the
Universe is bringing to you really is the key!
Let's say you have a project or goal that is dear to your heart. You
truly desire to manifest this goal in your life and yet your
underlying expectations may be as follows; This is going to be a major
challenge. I expect that someone is going to become upset with me if I
pursue this. I expect that I am going to have to work through a lot of
obstacles both within and without before I can manifest this. Keep
going and then you finally reach a point where in despair you throw
your hands in the air and proclaim "I can never do this! Its too hard,
too many obstacles, how on earth will I ever be able to manifest
something like this!" Your negative expectations have already blocked
the manifestation even before you could take the first step! Yet this
Angel has come to you today to help you shift your expectations. You
may hear a voice in your mind yelling "STOP!" That is the voice of
this Angel and it can be extremely loud if it needs to be! I remember
one time whilst driving that I was running a list of negative
expectations through my mind. And sure enough, every light I came to
was Red. And every one was a very long wait too, though normally the
lights in that area changed fairly quickly. Finally feeling totally
exasperated I thought "Universe, why am I hitting all these long red
lights"? Immediately I heard the voice of this Angel saying "I am
trying to get your attention here! Look at what you are thinking, what
you are expecting to have happen! And please, STOP IT NOW!" AHA! As I
gave Thanks to this Angel I then asked to be given some positive
expectations to focus upon and it immediately started to remind me of
the ones I already hold. That soon lead to my thinking that yes, if
those expectations were correct and they always have been for me, then
why not expect that these other things will go well too. After all, I
don't have any concrete evidence that these things won't be easier for
me if I hold positive expectations about them. And plenty of concrete
evidence of what happens when I do hold negative expectations! So
perhaps by changing my expectations round these things, they shall go
much more smoothly! As soon as I thought this, I noticed that for some
time I had started hitting all the Green lights. And sure enough,
within a few days I had my concrete evidence that holding my new
positive expectations had shifted what I had been experiencing.
This Angel knows that you may be wondering what the difference is
between a thought form and an expectation. Though they are in many
ways one and the same, expectations are often more deeply ingrained
for better or worse. Think of expectations as something that you hold
to be true about yourself and your life experience. For example, you
may expect that when you go to bed at night, when you wake in the
morning the sun will have risen. And it has. This affirms your
expectation that each new day the sun will rise. Even when you cannot
see the sun because of weather conditions such as a cloudy day, you
know it is still there. This is absolutely true for you. Or think of
someone that you know who always seems to have really good luck.
Everything seems to flow effortlessly for this person and even when a
challenge does arise, they find ways to sail through it and
"magically" seem to have even greater luck in spite of it. This person
holds an expectation that they are indeed extremely lucky. They expect
good luck to be present in their lives. Their positive expectation in
this regard alerts them to when a wonderful opportunity is about to
become available to them. They find it easy to accept because they
expect this to happen and so act on the opportunity when it appears.
Expectations cause us to look for evidence of what we hold to be true,
what we expect to have happen. In general, many of our thoughts are
much more random in nature. They come and go, they are more easily
influenced by the people we are round at any given moment because they
are not so deeply ingrained. Expectations on the other hand can be
thought of as the bedrock or foundation for all the other thoughts
that we think. If someone expects that when they do positive
affirmations that they will be helpful, they shall be. If another
person expects that positive affirmations will not be helpful for them
because the underlying expectation is "nothing works for me" then that
is what they shall experience. The message this Angel brings to you
today is that by looking at and changing any negative expectations you
hold to more positive ones, this in turn will change your overall
thought patterns for the positive as well! They must, for it is almost
impossible to automatically generate thought forms that are negative
if someone is holding a positive expectation in regards to that area
of life. One would really have to work hard to generate negative
thoughts instead and of course, why would one wish to!
As you go throughout your day, this Angel asks you to become more
aware of what your own expectations are in every area of your life.
Really listen to yourself when you talk to yourself and others. What
are you really saying? I remember one time talking about expectations
with someone and this person sharing that oh yes, they held many
positive expectations about their life. She then proceeded to launch
into a whine session about how awful her life was and it was just her
bad luck that this and this happened, and if only this person or that
situation would change, then she could finally be happy. She was so
disconnected from what her actual expectations of life really were
that she honestly had no idea what was pouring out of her mouth! I
tried to get a word in edgewise to say "wait, stop, hold on! Think
about what you are saying!" and I am certain this Angel was trying to
do the same! Yet on and on she went until she finally took a breath
and in that moment I started to speak when she cut me off by saying
"oh, have to run, see you later" and out the door she went. I am sure
at some level she did know what her expectations really were and yet
at that time she was also unwilling to change them. I have caught
myself doing this too which is precisely why this Angel guided this
person into my life at that time. Bless them both, for she has served
to act as a reminder for me to listen to myself and then ask this
Angel to help me choose more positive expectations and the words to
back them up!
You do not have to struggle to change your expectations to more
positive ones either for this Angel is always standing by you to
support you in this process. Once you become aware that you do have a
negative expectation simply ask this Angel to help you flip it to the
positive side. Write your new positive expectation down and place it
where you can see it often or read through it several times a day.
Each time you catch yourself reverting back to the negative
expectation ask this Angel to help you cancel that expectation and
then repeat the new one several times to yourself. It takes practice
and yet the results can be miraculous if you do your best!
What to watch for with this Angel:
You find yourself feeling tired of repeating the same old negative
expectations to yourself. When I reached this point I was so weary of
thinking and expecting in the same old ways that were most certainly
NOT bringing me what I desired, I called out to the Universe with
every fiber of my being "Help ME!" I immediately heard this lovely,
cheery voice in my mind saying "Oh beloved, I am so GLAD that you have
asked for help! I am here, let's begin!" Its difficult to put into
words what this feeling is like, to be so bloody sick and tired of
thinking and being in the old, negative ways, yet when you hit this
wall, you will know it beyond a shadow of a doubt. You will also know
that the only way for you to go now is up! And this Angel is right
there with you to help you make this upward climb in the easiest and
most gentle ways possible.
You become equally weary of listening to other people's negative
expectations. Sometimes people don't always come straight out and
affirm a negative expectation by stating "I expect that things will
always go wrong for me". Yet you can still hear that this is exactly
what they are saying! When people whinge and complain about their
lives, what you are really hearing them say is "here are all of my
negative expectations." It can be so easy to fall into the trap of
agreeing that yes, these negative expectations are true for them and
then also for you yourself as you begin to bring up examples from your
own life. STOP! It's totally okay for you and everyone else to keep
affirming the negative expectations, the Universe will not judge you
or anyone else for doing so. Yet if you truly desire to change your
life, then you need to step away from these sorts of expectations.
Stop affirming them to yourself and others. Many people that have
connected with this Angel admit that when they hear someone starting
down the "Negative Expectation Road" they feel the need to run in the
other direction. This is fine! You are actually doing the other person
a favor by not contributing to their opportunity to rattle on about
how awful their lives are. Later on as you feel stronger and more
confident in your own ability to stay centered in your positive
expectations when around these sorts of people then you will have an
opportunity to help them plant some new and more positive seeds for
their lives.
You wake up in the mornings with the thought "I expect today is going
to be a WONDERFUL day"! When faced with a challenge, you think "I
expect that this is going to sort it out itself in the most joyful and
highest way possible" and then you go on with the rest of your day,
expecting that the Universe is on your side and is always seeking to
show you how much it loves you. The key words here are "I expect". You
find you are becoming much more aware of your overall expectations as
more and more of your thoughts are prefaced by these two words.
You find that many new tools start coming into your life that support
your process of changing your core expectations about life. You find
the right books, crystals, flower essences, audiotapes or Cd's, even
movies. Often people say that they just "stumble" across the perfect
thing when in truth it is this Angel leading them and now you, to what
is perfect in the present moment.
Other ways of working with this Angel:
I have an affirmation that I use daily that this Angel suggested I use
and others I have suggested it to have also found it to be very
helpful; "I Expect that everything in my life today is moving up ever
more into the Higher Flow". Repeat this to yourself frequently
throughout the day. Don't think about any challenges that you may be
facing or how they are going to be sorted out. Keep bringing your mind
back to the words; "I Expect that everything in my life today is
moving up ever more into the Higher Flow". Even if you don't feel the
energy of this happening at a deep level it is working. And you will
soon see the energy of these words and this Angel manifesting more and
more in your life!
If you find you have a great number of negative expectations or are
having a lot of trouble releasing them, write them down on paper and
then burn it. This can be extremely effective because you are
symbolically giving them over to the Divine Fire where the energy can
be recycled and transformed into good for yourself and others. It's
okay if you need to do this process several times. Each time you will
be releasing a little more of their hold on you until they are gone
for good.
Also write down your positive expectations. Place this list (no one
else need see it, you can place it in a box or envelope if you wish)
and light a candle near it or place it near another source of light
such as a lamp or even in a sunny window. If using a candle of course
use all appropriate safety precautions! By doing this you are
affirming in a very powerful symbolic way that this is the light of
your consciousness. You are bringing Divine Light into every aspect of
your life and being where all healing is not only possible, it must
occur!
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