Disappointment?
I recently read on a photo "Do everything with a good heart, expect nothing in return, and you will never be disappointed." I pondered it for a moment and considered each piece of the sentence as its own sentence.
Do everything with a good heart. --- In our actions we find value, and rewards. Even when we do not expect the outcomes. By acting in a way to serves our heart and our values, we inevitably serve our need for recognition. In fact, when we start to feel good about the choices that we make, rarely do we question our choices. It is almost as if, through our own acceptance, we disregard the need for external acknowledgment.
Expect nothing in return. ---- This is where we fall. This is where our hearts get broken. It is not in our actions of good will, good intention, or good moral that fails us. It is in our expectations that others, besides ourselves will value our efforts. The reward in not in the acknowledgement, it is in the action. And actions, can not often give us things in return. None the less, the things that we get in return are often the unexpected. And even more so, the things that we get in return are often the things weren't looking for; rarely noticed; did not know could become outcomes of our actions. We hit a wall, when putting our expectations on the return value of our actions, when honestly, those expectations are only limiting our ability to recognize the immense value and return that comes from the goodness of our hearts.
You will never be disappointed. ---- In all realness--- if we focus on the first two sentences. Disappointment becomes nothing more than a shoulder shrug, a smile, and a laugh that moves us onward. The word disappointment becomes obsolete to the actions and outcomes. We become focused on the goodness of our actions and the rewards that goodness brings us, that disappointment becomes irrelevant to the outcomes. Disappointment is only relevant as an outcome for failed expectations. This word will no longer find its way into your thought process because you are so focused on the goodness of your actions, and that the actions themselves reward you.
Keep it bright. Keep it positive.
Do everything with a good heart. --- In our actions we find value, and rewards. Even when we do not expect the outcomes. By acting in a way to serves our heart and our values, we inevitably serve our need for recognition. In fact, when we start to feel good about the choices that we make, rarely do we question our choices. It is almost as if, through our own acceptance, we disregard the need for external acknowledgment.
Expect nothing in return. ---- This is where we fall. This is where our hearts get broken. It is not in our actions of good will, good intention, or good moral that fails us. It is in our expectations that others, besides ourselves will value our efforts. The reward in not in the acknowledgement, it is in the action. And actions, can not often give us things in return. None the less, the things that we get in return are often the unexpected. And even more so, the things that we get in return are often the things weren't looking for; rarely noticed; did not know could become outcomes of our actions. We hit a wall, when putting our expectations on the return value of our actions, when honestly, those expectations are only limiting our ability to recognize the immense value and return that comes from the goodness of our hearts.
You will never be disappointed. ---- In all realness--- if we focus on the first two sentences. Disappointment becomes nothing more than a shoulder shrug, a smile, and a laugh that moves us onward. The word disappointment becomes obsolete to the actions and outcomes. We become focused on the goodness of our actions and the rewards that goodness brings us, that disappointment becomes irrelevant to the outcomes. Disappointment is only relevant as an outcome for failed expectations. This word will no longer find its way into your thought process because you are so focused on the goodness of your actions, and that the actions themselves reward you.
Keep it bright. Keep it positive.
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