Letting go of the outcome

"Be open to everything and not attached to anything."
— Dr. Wayne Dyer

Thinking back on the things that disappointed me the most in life, they
were all situations that I really had set my heart on getting or
accomplishing. And when they didn't happen the way I wanted them to
happen— expected them to happen — I felt let down. In comes the lesson
of "letting go of the outcome". We don't always know exactly what the
end result will be, and for that reason, we need to detach ourselves
from the final outcome.

Take, for example, a relationship that is ended by the other person. I
remember going through this and thinking it was the end of the world.
THIS was the only person I was ever meant to be with! Only to end up
meeting my future husband a few years later... Maybe I didn't know the
best outcome for myself way back then after all.

So, having an attitude of positive expectancy does create miraculous
results. But don't get caught up or attached to a specific end result.
Continue with your actions, and know that they are the right things for
you to do at the present moment, but surrender any attachment you have
for the outcome. It's the attachment to a specific outcome that may
bring us pain. You may not realize an equal or even greater outcome
that is for your greater good.