“Everything is as it should be at this time”

In times of disappointment, rise up and be with the situation at hand. Your Divine knows what you need. Experiences are sent to you to learn from. Accept them graciously; opening your heart and your mind and fully enjoying them before letting them go. Be at one with your Divine as you give thanks for that which you have learned at this time. ~ ACN

The dictionary defines disappointment as the feeling of sadness or frustration because something was not as good, attractive, or satisfactory as expected or because something hoped for did not happen.

Oft times we experience disappointment in life because our expectations were not met. We place expectations on the outcome of so many experiences. We expect people to behave in this way or that, we expect results from certain things that just do not materialise because of influences outside of our control or we expect that if we control a situation the result will be what we want.

We also face disappointment when we do not accept that our want is not always our need. As you grow as a soul, you come to realise that our need is what we predestined it to be. Our wants do not always align to our needs although they should. When you are at one with your inner being, you realise that wants and needs should be in line with each other. When we learn to listen to our higher self we begin to comprehend that what we need is what is of importance. We live in a society where we constantly want, mostly material things, yet do we really need them? An example of this is when we already have a vehicle that is in good roadworthy condition and then a newer model is launched and we suddenly have a desire to have or want the new model. Is it necessary? Do you really need a new vehicle? Then when we find that we cannot afford it, we become disappointed.

Now on an emotional level, we all want to be happy. We sometimes journey through experiences which do not always allow us to achieve a state of happiness. The experience is there to teach us something, be it compassion, patience, perseverance to name a few and because the experience is not a good one we become disillusioned and disappointed, sinking into a state of being sorry for ourselves and often accompanied by depression. It is during these times that we need to realise that the “need” of the situation was to teach us what was essential to our growth whether or not we wanted to have it. A mantra I often use in times such as these is “everything is as it should be at this time”. This brings me to a place of acceptance.

Accept whatever lesson you are given to achieve the end result. Process it, learn from it, give thanks for it and then let it go, carrying only what you have learned forward.

In love and light,

Amanda

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