{"id":577,"date":"2011-11-22T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T03:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=577"},"modified":"2011-11-26T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T06:55:48","slug":"imagine-the-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2011\/11\/imagine-the-possibilities.html","title":{"rendered":"Imagine the Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
“If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them<\/div>\n
become what they are capable of becoming.”<\/div>\n
– Goethe, 1749-1832<\/div>\n

Life has a way of becoming what we are thinking. People act to our expectations. What we expect we get.<\/p>\n

Make a shift into pure possibility.<\/p>\n

Expect love. Expect grace. Expect peace. Let’s expect more from our partners, friends and loved ones. Let’s expect more from ourselves.<\/p>\n

Let’s remember to think with love and use our words and actions to demonstrate possibility in ourselves and for each other.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

LOVE LAND TIP #129
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melanie Lutz<\/a> is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles and has coached and guided some of the top names in the entertainment business. She is committed to a practice of loving thought in every situation and circumstance.<\/p>\n

Check out LOVE LAND<\/a><\/strong> ideas to open your heart with love at the Beliefnet Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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