I'm in a place where I need to stay focused on not being discouraged. I'm the kind of person that waits way over big things from GOD. And when nothing happens, I get easily disappointed.
Okay let's stay here for a while. Just keep this on your mind "get disappointed".
WHAT exactly is that? When one does get disappointed? When one has had big dreams or expectations from something/someone and from some reason they just doesn't come true. One gets disappointed.
Is it bad that those doesn't come true? Not, if they haven't been good for one.
Is the other bad, who doesn't make dreams happen? No, if the other had good reasons for not making them happen.
Is it bad that you get disappointed? Well, I guess it's just a normal human way to react. But the way you react to the feeling makes the difference.
Is the "adult way" the best way: just to ignore it, to keep the feeling somewhere back on your mind? It doesn't matter, you say. So finally when you keep it "safe" just a little bit too long, it grows in bitterness and it affects to your whole life and not least to the one who disappointed you.
So what about the "child way" to react? Is that better way? You scream and shout out loud, WHY DIDN'T I GET THAT??!!! You roll on the floor, kicking, banging your head and fists against everything that happens to come on the way, letting your feelings come out straight to the one that made the disappointment happen.
Which one would be the best way to react? After the big emotions has exploded one calms down and the other has a chance to explain, why something didn't go the way one wanted it. If emotions doesn't even come out, the other doesn't have the chance to explain - ever. One's mind stays locked.
On a bigger perspective you could see the bad stuff happening after the wrong dreams and expectations did come true. If you could see that, you wouldn't want even those things! Maybe carefully listening you can hear the other explaining. Maybe it takes time to understand, but if you stay focused on to the other's good will and love, you wouldn't get so discouraged.
If you believe GOD is leading your life the way that is absolute best for you, then you wouldn't be so disappointed. Or at least you would give GOD the chance to make it clear to you why these things happen or didn't happen. He usually clears things up.
Is it not good to have big dreams and expectations then? Whoa, I'm not the right person to answer that! But at least I've found out, that GOD is the one that gives really big dreams. "Dare to dream!" He says, "So that you'll have full life." That's what I think. And if you dare to believe, you might one day see the big dream to come true. If you dare and not be afraid of disappointments.
So stay focused on not being discouraged. How? By focusing on GOD's great love and His good will for you.
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