佛羅倫薩·斯高伏爾·西恩/Florence Scovel Shinn
Faith is expectancy, "According to your faith, be it unto you."
We might say, according to your expectancies be it done unto you; so, what are you expecting?
We hear people say: "We expect the worst to happen," or "The worst is yet to come." They are deliberately inviting the worst to come.
We hear others say: "I expect a change for the better." They are inviting better conditions into their lives.
Change your expectancies and you change your conditions.
How can you change your expectancies, when you have formed the habit of expecting loss, lack or failure?
Begin to act as if you expected success, happiness and abundance; prepare for your good.
Do something to show you expect it to come. Active faith alone, will impress the subconscious.
If you have spoken the word for a home, prepare for it immediately, as if you hadn't a moment to lose. Collect little ornaments, table-cloths, etc.!
Keep on noticing beautiful things, and you make an invisible contact. Sooner or later these things are drawn into your life, unless you say, "Poor me, too good to be true."
The soul is the subconscious mind. You can expect any seemingly impossible Good from God.
Get the realization that every blessing is good in action, and see God in every face and good in every situation. This makes you master of all conditions.
信念意味著期待——你的信念造就了你這個人。
我們也可以說，向你期待的方向發展，最終成就你自己。那麽，你期待的是什麽？
我們常常聽人們說“我們期待更壞的事情降臨”或“糟糕的事情還沒有發生”。他們這是故意給自己找麻煩。
我們也會聽到這樣的說法：“我期待更好的改變。”這樣的人已經把幸運之神請進了他們的生活。
所以，改變你的期待，你的境況就會得到改善。