Sunday 28 May 2017

Altering Expectations


On this path to mastery I believe we all have a high level of expectations for ourselves.  We have decided on a list of goals that are personal and are chosen with the intention of adding to and bettering our lives.  What we forget is that life will happen and sometimes the goals we strive to reach have to be altered.    

Like most of us I have a level of expectations for myself whether it’s in my family life, job, kung fu, around home etc.  To be honest sometimes the expectations I set for myself are not the most realistic for the time.  I find it extremely easy to get discouraged when I lack the time or energy to work towards meeting the level of accomplishment I believe I should.  After a couple of conversations this past week I have been led to think on the fact that I may have to alter my expectations some for certain things.  I’m not talking about giving up because it’s hard; it’s supposed to be, but rather changing my perspective, approach, time line or possibly my goal all together.  Life happens, things change and the reality is that in order for me to continue to progress in life, I’m going to have to roll with the punches a little.  Injuries happen, life circumstances happen and people change and with that I may need to be a little less rigid on sticking to what I wrote down on paper at the beginning of this year.  I need to learn to give myself a little grace from time to time, not an excuse but rather grace.  I need to accept the things I can’t change and continue to work to change those things that I can.  There are moments where I will have to accept that I will not meet the level I strive to but be grateful for every step forward I am able to make.  Sometimes I may have to go two steps back in order to get one step forward; it’s the journey I need to focus on rather than the destination. 

As easy as it is to say ‘I need to…’, I’m not exactly sure how to go about it completely.  I am very much a work in progress!  So if you see me walking around in circles lost as to direction or asleep in the corner please don’t hesitate to point me in the right direction or pinch to wake me up.

Alana Regier

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