{"id":6105,"date":"2014-12-11T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2014-12-11T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:24:05","slug":"oneword-thursday-an-invitation-to-lower-your-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2014\/12\/oneword-thursday-an-invitation-to-lower-your-expectations.html","title":{"rendered":"#OneWord Thursday: An Invitation to Lower Your #Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This Holiday Season: Lower Your Expectations by Janice Taylor, Weight Loss SUCCESS Coach, Author, Artist, Positarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Holidays are essentially just like any other day. They are filled with their ups, downs, glitches and unexpected happenings.\u00a0 Whatever your expectations, I invite you to lower them now!!!<\/p>\n

Here, 10 Lower Your EXPECTATIONS<\/em><\/strong> Quotes!
\n#LowerYourExpectations<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.\u201d ~ Donald Miller<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine.\u201d ~ Bruce Lee<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?\u201d ~ Jodi Picoult<\/p>\n

\u201cToday expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer hold you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundance world awaits.\u201d ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.\u201d ~ Jeff Kinney<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to say what you want to say, you\u2019re going to hear what you don\u2019t want to hear.\u201d ~ Roberto Bolano<\/p>\n

\u201cMy expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since than has been a bonus. ~ Stephen Hawking<\/p>\n

\u201cHolding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.\u201d ~ Gautama Buddha<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.\u201d ~ Kisa Kleypas<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.\u201d ~ Julia Glass<\/p>\n

Spread the word\u2013-NOT the icing!<\/p>\n

Janice<\/p>\n

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