According to current metaphysical teachings, our thoughts and feelings magnetically draw to us those people and events that match our beliefs and expectations. About 10% of our beliefs are conscious and the remaining 90% are unconscious formed by our misinterpreting truths about past situations. To change our beliefs and improve the quality of our life, it's important to start by determining our expectations. We have to feel in our heart and gut that we have the power to change things for the better. 

As scientific studies have proved, we have an impact on those things we give our attention to. Just by focusing on something differently, changes will occur.  If you expect things to be difficult, they will be. In fact, you’ll look for “proof” to support your belief that life is difficult. If you expect miracles to happen in your life, you’ll look for “proof” to support that believe.

What expectation will you need if you to improve the quality of your life? What expectation will keep you stuck in a dead-end job or a demoralizing personal relationship? What will your life be like if you believe you’re too old or set in your ways to change? What would your life be like if you believe that you’ll always succeed because you’ll learn something from everything you experience? Expect the best from yourself and that’s what you’ll get. Expect the worse and you'll get it. The choice is yours.

As it happens, it is easy to change our expectations, in fact you can do it in an instant, and that can be a problem. Too often, we lower our expectations because that is easier than overcoming the obstacles that stand in the way of fulfilling those expectations. We don't get the education or training we need for the job we want. We cling to old grudges and stay  stuck in the past instead of forgiving ourselves and others and moving forward with our lives. We allow other people's opinions about us and our own fears keep us from expecting the best from life.

Are you being forced to lower your expectations, or are you simply choosing the easy way out? You must expect the best in order to achieve the best, yet it takes more than just expectation. It takes effort and commitment. If you lower your expectations at the first sign of difficulty, it seriously erodes their value.

Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

As you experience more and more success, your beliefs about yourself will change. You'll feel better about your talents, abilities and future and wonder why it took you so long to realize you deserve and are entitled to expect your heart's desires to manifest.
 
One caveat: Your expectations must be for the highest good of all concerned and must be based in reality. Even if I expect my dog to sprout wings and fly like a bird, that's not going to happen. It defies the laws of nature. Even if I expect to become a brain surgeon, that's not going to happen unless I do the work and get the medical education and training. And I can't expect somebody else's behavior to change just because I want that person to be different. You can only control your own life. Others have dominion over their own expectations.