What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting…

Let’s get this clear at the outset- I’m not talking about having a baby.

I’m talking about what happens when we give up our expectations.

It happened to me this past weekend, and caught me completely off guard!

My expectations deserted me completely, without a word, without a wave goodbye, without so much as a, “thanks it’s been great and you’re a terrific person”!

They simply walked out the door and disappeared, (much like some exes I’ve had).

So there I was, standing on a beautiful hillside overlooking a green valley of trees to my left and a rolling meadow to my right. Behind me was the campfire and a circle of people I’d never met and we were all there to learn something new, about ourselves, about the world, perhaps about each other. and me without my expectations! Feeling a little like I’d shown up to an office party at a company I’d only worked for for a week. I felt awkward and unsure and very, very calm. It was weird!

Giving up expectations can be a magical moment in life.

It was the calm feeling that clued me in that something was different.

Let’s be real, I’m a pretty shy person most of the time. I’ve been a happy mostly-introvert for all my life and here I was in a circle of new…