Music Muse of the Day – One Thing by Alicia Keys
Music Link – http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/aliciakeys/onething.html
There is something to be said when we have expectations of others that are not met. Have we set our expectations too high? Have we made our expectations known? Are we so intent on having our own expectations met that we ignore those that belong to others around us?
These are questions that are brought up with today’s music muse. Expectations. It has been said that when we speak our intentions, we set our expectations such that there is no compromise. But, often, it seems that compromise becomes the reality rather than what we thought we had intended. It is then that we must ask ourselves if we really held our intentions with expectation or was there a But If?
What is a But If? We are taught that when we set our intentions, we state clearly, specifically, and in the present. We state I am, I know, I have statements – not I wish, I will, I am going to statements. Now, here is the mind wiggle. How often have we said, “I know I have ________!”
And deep down in our heart of hearts, we actually say, “I know I have ______, But If I can’t have ________, then I’ll take __________.” You fill in the blanks. The song says, “I’ll take one thing over everything.” That is the huge But If!
We should never settle for the big But If. If you want something in your life, own it. State it without a But If. State it fully knowing what you want and create the events in your life to bring about your intent without a But If. Those But Ifs get in the way of creating our successes, our joy, our bliss, our happiness. Continue enough of those But Ifs, and soon that is what you have – compromised joy, compromised bliss, compromised life.
Don’t get caught up in your story either. We create these stories about why we do not have what we truly desire. My stories have gotten in the way of my receiving so many times, and I have compromised and accepted big But Ifs. The reminders are always there – just outside the reach, and leaving behind the But If and embracing I Am creates exactly what is the most amazing and brilliant part of me and my Self.
Leave those But Ifs behind and move into Or Better. Do not compromise on your intents, and be open to the gifts waiting for you. Be a true co-creator with Source. There are no But Ifs allowed here!
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