HEALTHY MIND & SOUL · DECEMBER 2018
Expectation
VERSUS REALITY
I
t seems that these words are
fashionable, referring to what we
idealize or dream of as "expectation"
and what we can actually obtain
according to the life we have today
as "reality." Have you heard the saying "It
doesn’t cost anything to dream"? I imagine
you have because it’s often what people
say when they don’t believe that what we
envision is possible. And do you know why
it seems impossible to them? It’s because in
their comfort zones they could never achieve
something similar, so they don’t want others
to achieve it.
Let me ask a question: What is your
expectation of life? Now a follow-up, what
is your current reality? Perhaps you will
say that right now the one is totally opposite
of the other because you dream big, but
your reality tries to smother that dream.
Unfortunately, we are often so blinded by
what our eyes see that we forget that God
gave us faith. It is this faith that we need to
live. Living is not about surviving and thinking
in the same ways as before. It’s not. That's is
not the purpose of life; it's about growth and
achieving goals.
Sure, you can let yourself be negatively
affected by life and cry about it. You can
spend your time lamenting what could have
been. You can even continuously complain
and let yourself die, or you can believe that
while there is life there is hope and put
to work that mustard seed of faith that is
greater than any circumstance.
I’m known to say that a person who never
makes a mistake is someone who never does
anything, and believe me, the world is full of
people who never do anything yet complain
the loudest. I think that when you believe,
expectation becomes reality and you can
see how God moves, making the seemingly
impossible possible. How often do we
complain because we do not have resources?
We stop and stagnate and complain about
poverty. At that moment we are paralyzed
and think, "I can never be someone." But
you know what? Poverty is not a shortage
of resources but a lack of wisdom to use the
little you do have in order to start and be
ready for success.
know that barriers are not problems rather
opportunities.
What promise did you make at the end of
last year but have not been able to fulfill?
Will you make that same promise at the end
of this year? Will you be determined not
to let today’s reality stop you and, instead,
begin to move forward so you don’t remain
in the same place?
I thank God that dreaming doesn’t cost
anything. Dreaming is the beginning of
knowing that life has meaning and that
there is purpose in everything, purpose that
you need to understand. And you need to
know that life is a risk worth taking because
today we are not the same as yesterday, and
I want to tell you something: God is willing
to sponsor those who desire to start anew tomorrow we will not be the same as today.
with faith. Do you want to be sponsored?
You can throw in the towel or take advantage Tomorrow, may your reality exceed
of every obstacle to strengthen yourself and your expectation because you
believed and stayed.
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8 HEALTHY MAGAZINE
By P. Elias Hoyos