Expect the Unexpected Expect the Unexpected By James Westly More Practical Wisdom Human beings are wondrous creatures. We think, we dream, we speculate about the nature of the universe, we hope, we pray. We have definite ideas about our lives. Definite ideas, or expectations, that frequently have been generated by the influences of our upbringing. For example, what American female child raised in the Fifties or Sixties hasn't been exposed to the fairy tales of Cinderella, or Snow White.
Expectation is a very human process.
It is with us every moment of every day. We have a mental picture of how most of our moments in most of our days are going to be. Is it any wonder that we come to consider life to be a stifling affair. Little space is left for life's Mystery, for surprise, or spontaneity, and when it shows up anyway, we push it away. If life is a mystery, and the nature of our personal spirituality an unknown, we cannot possibly have a direct experience of it while it is shrouded in expectation.