{"id":783,"date":"2013-07-03T06:59:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeservis.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2013-07-03T06:59:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T13:59:27","slug":"expect-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/expect-a-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect a Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/expect-a-miracle\/expect\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?fit=440%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"440,268\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"expect\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?fit=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?fit=440%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-784\" alt=\"expect\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?resize=440%2C268\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?w=440&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/expect.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choosing your expectations<br \/>\n+++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re convinced that the world is against you, then<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll find plenty of evidence to support your assumption.<br \/>\nIf, on the other hand, you&#8217;re certain that you&#8217;ll encounter<br \/>\nsupport and assistance, you will.<\/p>\n<p>When you look for excuses and reasons to complain, you&#8217;ll<br \/>\nsurely find them in abundance. When you look for<br \/>\npossibilities, and goodness, love and kindness, you&#8217;ll find<br \/>\nno shortage of those things.<\/p>\n<p>What you see in life is made up largely of what you&#8217;ve<br \/>\nalready decided to look for. What you experience each day is<br \/>\ndriven by what you expect the day to bring.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose the quality of the life you live by choosing<br \/>\nyour expectations. You can select the life you experience by<br \/>\nchoosing the way you experience it.<\/p>\n<p>Make life helpful and supportive by living in a helpful and<br \/>\nsupportive way. Make life good by appreciating and adding to<br \/>\nthe goodness.<\/p>\n<p>What you expect at the deepest, most sincere and<br \/>\nunquestioned level, is what you get. So expect the very best<br \/>\nof life, and live to make it so.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Marston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Choosing your expectations +++++++++++++++++++ If you&#8217;re convinced that the world is against you, then you&#8217;ll find plenty of evidence to support your assumption. If, on the other hand, you&#8217;re certain that you&#8217;ll encounter support and assistance, you will. 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