“Be open to everything and not attached to anything.”
— Dr. Wayne Dyer

Thinking back on the things that disappointed me the most in life, they were all situations that I really had set my heart on getting or accomplishing. And when they didn’t happen the way I wanted them to happen— expected them to happen — I felt let down. In comes the lesson of “letting go of the outcome”. We don’t always know exactly what the end result will be, and for that reason, we need to detach ourselves from the final outcome.

Take, for example, a relationship that is ended by the other person. I remember going through this when I was younger and thinking it was the end of the world. THIS was the only person I was ever meant to be with! Only to end up meeting my future husband a few years later… Maybe I didn’t know the best outcome for myself way back then after all.

So, having an attitude of positive expectancy does create miraculous results. But don’t get caught up or attached to a specific end result. Continue with your actions, and know that they are the right things for you to do at the present moment, but surrender any attachment you have for the outcome. It’s the attachment to a specific outcome that may bring us pain. You may not realize an equal or even greater outcome that is for your greater good.