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Fearful beliefs are just one form of negative or limiting expectations. Our language is full of phrases and statements that reveal underlying expectations of failure, disappointment, disaster and loss. When we expect the worst we become like a character in a story or a play who carries within him a negative self-fulfilling prophesy of how his life will develop. Our negative expectations are fatalistic. They paint us as victims of tragedy or mishap rather than as the masters of our own destiny with the power to take charge of our health and happiness.

Here are some examples of phrases that reveal our negative or limiting expectations:

‘Why should I bother, it will never work.’

‘I’ll only be disappointed.’

‘I’ll make myself ill doing this.’

‘They will be glad to see the back of me.’

‘It will only get worse.’

‘I’ll never make any money.’

‘Nothing good will ever come of it.’

‘You can have too much of a good thing.’

‘I take one step forward and two steps back.’

‘I have got to make the best of a bad job.’

‘It will end in tears.’

Just as we can create a negative self-fulfilling prophecy in our lives, we can create a positive one. Changing our language, changing our thoughts and transforming our underlying beliefs can powerfully change the reality of our health, well-being, emotional state, relationships, career, finances and spiritual evolution.