INTENTIONS VS. EXPECTATIONS
David was able to come home for about 36 hours before he heads back to his training on the east coast. Before he came home we had a conversation about NOT having any expectations for this quick visit and we instead created an intention for this quick but special time (thank you to my friend Heather Wood for introducing me to this many moons ago).
First – let’s dive into the definition of these words:
Intention: a persons design or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
Expectation: a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
Do you see and feel the difference in the weight of these words? Intention carries a lightness while expectation has this seriousness and heaviness. You will notice they both require you to CHOOSE how you will filter your thoughts. Mindset is at the core of both of these definitions.
One more insight before I share how we created ours. Expectation is basically a list of...