Having hope is a good thing. Striving for big goals is good. But sometimes we worry that we’re hoping for too much.
Part of us knows what it is like to be let down and that part holds us back from dreaming big to save us the disappointment of our goals not living up to expectation.
Today we are going to tap for the worry that achieving our goals won’t be as great as we hoped.
I Am Worried That I Have My Hopes Too High And Achieving My Goal Will Not Live Up To Expectation
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I have big dreams…I have goals…I want so much better…And not only do I want better…I can just imagine how great it’s going to be…When I have that better…I can imagine what it’s like…To work so hard…To have what I want…But there is a part of me that’s concerned…That I’m going to get my hopes way too high…That I’m going to put all of my emphasis on this thing…And I’m going to expect it to change too much…I’m going to expect it to deliver too much…I’m going to expect it to do things that it can never do for me…And when I get my hopes up too high…And I reach my goal…And it doesn’t live up to what I hope…Then I’m going to miss how good it actually is…It is OK for me to be excited…It is OK for me to really want more and better…But I give myself permission…To know that no matter how good this is…This isn’t the end-all-be-all. It’s going to make life better…But it doesn’t have to do everything all at once…It’s going to make things good…But it’s not going to complete me…And that doesn’t mean it fails…That doesn’t mean it’s a waste of time…It’s going to improve my life…That’s why I’m working towards it…And once it improves my life…It’s going to help me to work to the next thing…I give myself permission to be excited…I give myself permission to anticipate how good it’s going to be when I achieve this…And I also know it’s OK…To see it in perspective…To see it in context…To see it for what it is…So I don’t get carried away.
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