We get what we expect, so “expect a miracle.” We are all miracles. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 1626-1627).

Expectations run low after years of failure,
of disappointment, of abysmal self-esteem.
And we get what we expect. More disappointments,
more failures, more proving what we knew we were.
But when we change what we expect,
even if it’s expecting what our sponsor says
is the future, and, filled with skepticism,
we claim it or the desire to claim it or the wish
to believe it could be true. We may do absurd
repetitions, telling ourselves we’re special,
we’re pretty, we’re able, we’re talented…
and after a while they become not recitations
but statements, our own beliefs, and
more than that…they become the truth!