As we go through our lives and interact with those near us we gain an understanding of their reactions and over time we may think we know what they’ll do and what will happen. We may begin to feel comfortable anticipating the future and get so confident we make predictions before situations even arise. If we’ve seen the same things happen again and again we may decide they’ll always go that way. Even if we feel sure of an outcome, and even if the same outcome has happened before it’s dangerous to assume anything. Sometimes our ideas of what will happen may be right but we can’t know everything and there are bound to be times when our predictions will be way off the mark. Change is constant and even if things have been the same for a while, those around us can change at any time. Making predictions will work against us and it’s always wiser to leave the doors open to all possibilities. We can use all the experiences we’ve had to help us understand situations and the people in our lives, but it’s important to remember everyone has the ability to choose anything at any time. We can honor their ability to make choices without deciding ahead of time what we believe those choices will be.
We know ourselves better than we know anyone else. We know how we feel about things, we know where we’ve been and we know what we want. There are times in everyone’s life when things go wrong and if we focus on instances when we’ve made bad decisions or chosen something that didn’t work out, our confidence may suffer. If we lose confidence in our ability to make good decisions we may not take advantage of opportunities that come. If we’ve failed in the past we may believe we’re destined to fail again. Failure is never a predictor of the future but only a reflection of something that has already happened. What’s behind us is gone and can never be changed. We can learn from what we’ve experienced and let it go. Our futures belong to us and we can be confident, no matter what’s happened before, that we can make excellent choices and achieve anything we want.
Some people like to keep their lives the same as much as possible. They aren’t comfortable doing new things or being in unfamiliar places. If we’ve watched them do the same things again and again we may believe we can predict what they’ll do in the future but we may be surprised. Just when we’re sure we know what others will choose, they may change. Instead of predicting their choices, we can keep all the options open. If they stay the course, we can work with their decision. If they change the pattern, we can work with that as well. Nothing in life is written in stone. Being receptive to new ideas and open to all possibilities will open doors for us and help us going forward.
Today if you’ve been making predictions about what will happen or what decisions will be made, revise your thinking and be open to any possibility. If you’ve decided against trying something new because of a mistake in the past, remember what’s happened before does not control what happens now. Life is filled with change and nothing is permanent. You have everything you need to do anything you want. There is greatness in you. Today bring it forward, open all the doors and consider all the possibilities.
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