Have you ever heard the expression, “Keep your expectations low, and then you will never be disappointed”? To me, this is the single most depressing sentence I have heard. What kind of energy are you sending out into the world? Sure, it may not be wise to place your entire load of hopes and dreams on a lottery ticket, but wandering around with a default of negative thinking won’t be doing you any favours. When you start looking for the good in others and situations, the way you view the world transforms. And whilst it may not have changed in essence, your experience grows steadily more positive. Of course, this doesn’t mean you are to foolishly invest time in people and situations that don’t serve you, blindly hoping for the best, as this would be counterproductive. But with careful plans, you have much more to gain by expecting them to grow and flourish.

