“Act without expectation.” In my own understanding, act here refers to all good doings and deeds you do like an act of sharing, giving, helping, loving, performing, caring, serving, listening, comforting and advising. These are acts of goodness that are appreciative, overwhelming, pleasing, grateful, heartwarming and gratifying. And it is our attitude and tendency as human beings that in every good action that we did, we are in great expectation of receiving a reward or return and good results. We are expecting for something in return, appreciation, affirmation, positive response, gratitude, thankfulness, honor, merits, acknowledgement, and recognition. And if we are not being affirmed and appreciated, we may be upset, depressed, saddened, dismayed, discourage and disheartened.
Most of us are unconsciously self-centered to the outcome of what we do. We have our expectations in every action we did. When we perform every action with an eye on its outcome, we get lost in the end and we do not enjoy and cherish the means of getting to the end. However, when we perform some actions for an expression of joy or delight and do not bother or worry about the result, the action itself will surely bring fulfillment, contentment and happiness to us. When we are expecting in advance positive results and outcome to the action we do or perform, the action becomes inferior and meaningless. We will never feel happy or contented. Because of this, we tend to stop anymore of doing goodness to others. We lack self-confidence and trust to ourselves. We are afraid anymore of showing and sharing what we have to others. We may feel hatred to others. We may feel unhappiness and discontentment in life. We may feel self-pity and depression. We may always seek for attraction and recognition. We may have difficulty in accepting failures or negative results of our action. Expectations create fear because we think that what we desire may or may not happen. Having expectations about how our desires should manifest will produce negative feelings when our expectations are not met. We may surely experience and encounter all these negative consequences and behaviors in life if we keep focusing more on our expectations to the outcome of our actions. Anxiety about the outcome of our action is what pulls us down. At the beginning of our action, if we start worrying, then our whole enthusiasm for the beginning gets lessen. What I am trying to point out here is that, when we are aware of our potential, we just jump into action without bothering about the result. That is why it is better to act on our intention without expectations. When we give without expecting something in return, we actually open ourselves to a completely difference experience. We will surely feel true happiness, contentment and fulfillment. We are happy and contented of giving and sharing what we have and who we are to others. We are happy and contented of seeing others happy too of what we have done and shared to them. We are happy, satisfied and proud to ourselves of what we have done although others did not appreciate it. When we give without wanting anything in return, it opens up our heart to an enhanced sense of peace, love and joy. When we give without expectation will lift up our personal awareness to others. As a result, we will become more compassionate to others. We have to bear in our mind and heart that when we give freely without much expectation, it can come back to us in some very unpredictable way. Truly, it is a most meaningful experience when we are able to live a life with an attitude of no expectations. Free of expectations, we can just go with the flow and enjoy every action we do and we are not affected by the outcomes that we may encounter. Thus, we have to give what we have without expecting to receive anything in return. We have to give lovingly and joyously. Living a life without much expectation is worth living.
Most of us are unconsciously self-centered to the outcome of what we do. We have our expectations in every action we did. When we perform every action with an eye on its outcome, we get lost in the end and we do not enjoy and cherish the means of getting to the end. However, when we perform some actions for an expression of joy or delight and do not bother or worry about the result, the action itself will surely bring fulfillment, contentment and happiness to us. When we are expecting in advance positive results and outcome to the action we do or perform, the action becomes inferior and meaningless. We will never feel happy or contented. Because of this, we tend to stop anymore of doing goodness to others. We lack self-confidence and trust to ourselves. We are afraid anymore of showing and sharing what we have to others. We may feel hatred to others. We may feel unhappiness and discontentment in life. We may feel self-pity and depression. We may always seek for attraction and recognition. We may have difficulty in accepting failures or negative results of our action. Expectations create fear because we think that what we desire may or may not happen. Having expectations about how our desires should manifest will produce negative feelings when our expectations are not met. We may surely experience and encounter all these negative consequences and behaviors in life if we keep focusing more on our expectations to the outcome of our actions. Anxiety about the outcome of our action is what pulls us down. At the beginning of our action, if we start worrying, then our whole enthusiasm for the beginning gets lessen. What I am trying to point out here is that, when we are aware of our potential, we just jump into action without bothering about the result. That is why it is better to act on our intention without expectations. When we give without expecting something in return, we actually open ourselves to a completely difference experience. We will surely feel true happiness, contentment and fulfillment. We are happy and contented of giving and sharing what we have and who we are to others. We are happy and contented of seeing others happy too of what we have done and shared to them. We are happy, satisfied and proud to ourselves of what we have done although others did not appreciate it. When we give without wanting anything in return, it opens up our heart to an enhanced sense of peace, love and joy. When we give without expectation will lift up our personal awareness to others. As a result, we will become more compassionate to others. We have to bear in our mind and heart that when we give freely without much expectation, it can come back to us in some very unpredictable way. Truly, it is a most meaningful experience when we are able to live a life with an attitude of no expectations. Free of expectations, we can just go with the flow and enjoy every action we do and we are not affected by the outcomes that we may encounter. Thus, we have to give what we have without expecting to receive anything in return. We have to give lovingly and joyously. Living a life without much expectation is worth living.
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